TheScooterScoop

The coolest way to keep your pants up

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

As long as we’re on the subject of tires, 1MinD1 has a selection of reuse belts made from an assortment of bicycle tires. You may disagree, but I think they are way chic! 1MinD1 also makes necklaces and earrings out of tires and inner tubes. If it looks like something you’d like go check out […]

Presto change-o – A man’s shirt into a cute little Vespa dress

Monday, March 23, 2009

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AllTheNumbers has a cute little number in her Etsy shop. She describes like so: This cute dress had a former life as a man’s button-up, but is much happier now in its newer incarnation. Instead of spending the day at the office, this dress can now go to school, climb a tree, go rollerskating – […]

Gearing up for Spring – Protect your nose, sinuses and lungs

Friday, January 9, 2009

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We received a comment tonight from Eric who asked if filtered-air helmets are available in the US yet. He was tired of choking on smoke during his daily commute. Since we hadn’t seen them ’round these parts we suggested that he check out Respro. We’ve heard good things about their filter masks. Later, a few […]

Gearing up for Spring – A lid that’s impossible to miss

Thursday, January 8, 2009

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If you are a ninja or you’re trying out as a stunt double for Snake Eyes you can skip this article and go buy a Bandit helmet, BUT if you’re not trying to sneak up on somebody, you might think about a helmet that will get you noticed and by “noticed” I mean the jabbing-onlookers-in-the-eyeball-with-a-chopstick […]

New EL wire jackets! Lightcycles not included.

Friday, September 19, 2008

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(You can go from Riva to Rave without changing clothes!)Janet Hansen has quite an eye catcher available for you. The enlightened illuminated clothing line. If you’ve got the cash and want one a one-of-a-kind piece of riding gear then you should give her shout or if you’re in San Diego, take her out for lunch […]

Armadillo Scooter Wear finally available in the USA!

Friday, September 12, 2008

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(Here I am wearing Armadillo’s soft shell hoody. You can barely see the armor in this photo) The style of ones riding gear is traditionally related to the type of motorbike being ridden. Full leathers and “power ranger” gear is mostly seen on sport bike riders professionally and so it’s not unusual to see them […]