There are blogs a'plenty in the cycling world. Whilst some are markedly better than others, both good and bad have a unifying theme; they are all passionate cycling fans. A example of the former is relatively new blog and cycling style destination 'The Discerning Cyclist', who recently reviewed our latest release: the Muxu Town jacket.

A streamlined water repellant urban cycling jacket for the city commuter, or indeed touring cyclist, the Town Jacket received a warm, well-balanced review from Ste at The Discerning Cyclist, with the UK orientated site praising the Town's pared-down style, great fit and pleasing nods to the daily requirements of urban cyclists. They even made a nice illustration of a stylish chap wearing the jacket - that man could be you if you like what DC had to say.

You can read the full review here.

When the UK's best selling features your cycling jeans, it's an honour. But, like the old adage that says it's harder to do a thing a second time (a thought perhaps occupying the mind of Bradley Wiggins at the moment..) we were blown away to once again appear in the pages Cycling Plus recently, with the Future publication placing us in their 'Gear we love' zone, saying:

"There are plenty of bike-specific jeans on the market now but Muxu's (muxu.cc) are a firm favourite. They're supremely comfortable on the bike - especially around the crotch - and have proven to be hard-wearing. We've had other jeans wear around the butt after just one ride! best of all they don't look out of place off of the bike." Rob Spedding

(click here for a screenshot from the magazine)

A timely feature for sure, as we have just received a new delivery of the Muxu Jean in every size, including long out of stock 34/32. to celebrate the new arrivals, we've also just created a new offer that will automatically shave 10% off your order total if you purchase the Ride Jeans with our new Town Jacket.

Ride on.

It doesn't happen often, but when it does, not even fabled bike handlers like Alberto Contador or Vincenzo Nibali could stay upright. We are of course referring to that time in your cycling life when caution is thrown most defiantly to the wind, and you decide, without rhyme or reason, to plough straight onto a frozen pond.

Of course, you crash, pick yourself up, and leave the pond for another day. A better day. Next time those ducks won't laugh, you'll make them pay the Iron Price (Game of Thrones in-joke, we don't recommend killing ducks). Next time, you'll be equipped with Bike Spikes from young Dutch designer Cesar van Rongen!

A cunning device on the cusp of entering production, the Bike Spikes wrap around your existing tyres, clip in place, and leave you free to ride the aforementioned pond, upright, balanced and very nearly gracious. The worm has turned duck friends! Devastatingly simple, the Bike Spikes are in actuality rubber casings fitted with gripping metal teeth that would fit most city / touring bikes, although perhaps not small clearance road bikes - have to ask Cesar about that. Fully able to traverse the worst winter can throw at you, they can also tackle asphalt without much ado, although like wet tyres in Formula 1, you'll be hunting for the slippery stuff after too long off the ice.

Useful links:

Home page of designer Cesar van Rongen

Vimeo video of the Bike Spikes in action

Today, on this the last day of despatch before Christmas (we return Jan 3rd) we're really happy to announce the release of new Muxu! Encompassing a stylish city cycling jacket and a pair of water repellant 3/4 shorts, the Town and Tempest respectively are designed for city riders in need of stylish, yet water resistant outerwear that both breathes and looks superb on or off the bike.

Created from a 'water off a duck's back' Swiss fabric that in use is both light yet protective, the new Muxu pairing offer rider ready detailing and a fit that, whilst slim, is nevertheless very accessible. Riders who own our first generation Ride Shorts will be pleased to hear we've taken on your comments and made the shorts specifically, much more regular.

We'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support this year. We've had a lot of great press, made some digital friends on Twitter and Facebook, and have enjoyed your emails and nice comments. We very much look forward to a great 2013 with you!

view the shorts >

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Big thanks to our friends at Always Riding this week, who recently supplied some Muxu kit on our behalf for inclusion in the first edition of 'Urban Cyclist' - a Future publication.

A comprehensive magazine for both new and existing city cyclists, it not only covers apparel (check out the Muxu cycling jeans and jumper in some of the nicely staged photshoots), but cycling bags, bike handling tricks to keep you out of danger and much more. Pickup it up today at your local newsagent!

Coming soon - news of the forthcoming Muxu jacket and weather resistant shorts!

When you're on Twitter within an active community like cycling, you never quite know what the day will bring - a retweet, a link or amusing story, its a pretty nice place to hang out for a few minutes of every day. Just recently, we were surprised to receive a tweet from a fellow rider alerting us to a recent Muxu feature inside UK based magazine Cycling Plus.

Our fellow tweeter had very kindly posted a high resolution .pdf of the article, and on clicking through we were honoured to see that ther Muxu cycling jeans had been featured in the commuting section, and overwhelemed by the clear effort this Future Publishing title had put into getting a great shot of the product. 

A big thank you to Cycling Plus and to Matt Fantastic for the tweet and hosting of the .pdf!

view a .pdf of the article here >

see the jeans here >

Popular UK based gadgets, gear and technology website Stuff.tv were kind enough to include the Muxu Ride Shirt in their recently posted '10 of the best commuter cycling gear' feature.

Featured amongst a selection of wide ranging gear that included bikes as well as apparel within the top 10, Stuff praised the understated function of the Ride shirt, alongside its breathable fabric and tucked away rear pocket. 

We'd like to thank Stuff for their inclusion of our shirt, and make a quick note that our forthcoming water repellant jacket and shorts will be arriving shortly, of which more news soon!

Berlín, es la ciudad capital de la República Federal de Alemania y uno de los dieciséis Estados federados alemanes. Está localizada al noreste de Alemania, a escasos 70 km de la frontera con Polonia. Es atravesada por 4 ríos: Spree, Havel, Panke y Wuhle. Con una población de 3,4 millones de habitantes, Berlín es la ciudad más poblada del país, así como la quinta aglomeración urbana entre los países de la Unión Europea.

Berlín es una  ciudad cultural y artística de primer plan. Es una de las ciudades más influyentes en el ámbito político de la Unión Europea y en el 2006 fue elegida Ciudad Creativa por la Unesco. En 2009 la ciudad recibió el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de la Concordia.

Por estos, y muchos otros motivos,  es la ciudad a la que decidí ir a vivir hace un par de añitos, y la ciudad a la que me destinaron hace dos meses para trabajar. Primero de todo, debo destacar que si algún día tomáis la decisión de ir a vivir a Berlín, viajéis con la bici bajo el brazo (el precio de la facturación de la bici, ronda los 25 euros por trayecto). Una de las pegas que tiene ésta ciudad es el precio del transporte público, pero en contraposición podría decir que es la ciudad Europea más cómoda para circular en bici (al nivel de Amsterdam). En caso de que no queráis viajar con la bicicleta, tenéis infinidad de tiendas o mercadillos en los que podréis encontrar bicicletas de segunda mano a partir de 30 euros (el precio de una tarjeta de transporte público de una semana).
   

El frío y la lluvia, no parecen ser un obstáculo para la gente autóctona, y para los “Neukommende” (extranjeros), deja de ser un obstáculo el día que deciden ir al trabajo a dos ruedas a menos 15ºC de temperatura. A pesar de las bajas temperaturas, los servicios públicos se ocupan de mantener la calzada en buenas condiciones para evitar accidentes. Cabe destacar que en verano de multiplican los utilitarios de este medio de transporte alternativo, llenando los parques y orillas del río de ciclistas haciendo la fotosíntesis.   

Por otro lado, tengo que resaltar, que constantemente ves ir y venir mensajeros de diversas empresas que se dedican a la mensajería “verde”. Por este motivo, os invito a que en caso de que busquéis trabajo y tengáis ganas de conocer la ciudad, dejéis el currículo en cualquiera de estas empresas. Este movimiento constante de mensajeros, hace que en la ciudad se respire todo el tiempo cultura “fixed”. Si tenéis ganas de informaros de eventos fijeros, lo podéis hacer en “Keirin Cycle Culture Café” (www.keirinberlin.de/). Buen ambiente, buen café (1 euro) y un pequeño homenaje a los mensajeros y al ciclismo en pista.

Tampoco puedo olvidar la cantidad de clubs y bares que dan vida a la ciudad durante el día y la noche. La fiesta es uno de los rasgos característicos de la ciudad y uno de los motivos de visita de miles y miles de fanáticos de la música electrónica. En Berlín puedes encontrar a los mejores DJ's del panorama internacional y los mejores clubs del mundo: Berghain & Panorama Bar, Watergate, ARENA, Golden Gate, Kater Holzig, etc. son algunos de los lugares más emblemáticos de la ciudad para pegarte una buena fiesta.

Finalmente, solo me falta destacar la multitud de empresas de tours turísticos que se dedican a explicar la historia de la ciudad  en bicicleta por un módico precio, además de la gran variedad de tours dedicados al “underground” de la capital alemana.

En fin, si Berlín sigue siendo un destino pendiente, ¡no lo dudes más!, coge tu bicicleta y pedalea por el “Tiergarten”, pasando por la plaza de Brandenburgo, y sigue por “Unten den Linden”, con dirección a “Alexanderplatz” cruzando “Friedrichstrasse”. Después baja a “Jannowitzbrücke” y sigue hasta “Warschauerstr.”. Una vez allí, date una buena vuelta y busca el bar que más te guste. Si lo encuentras,  aparca y degusta una buena cervecita alemana respirando aire berlines. Disfruta de este gran momento. ¡SALUD y MUXU!

Being online means orders can come in from almost anywhere in the world, and it's always a surprise to be sending items sometimes so far afield. As a baromter of urban cycling's popularity, Canada seems to be one country that is pretty hot for Muxu right, as this photo from Stuart, a Muxu wearing customer hailing from Vancouver shows.

Stuart bought a pair of our Ride Jeans before Christmas, after which he very kindly sent us some shots of him riding and wearing in and around Vancouver. We like this one taken from the bike - nice bars.

We sent Stuart a little Muxu gift as thanks for his photos, so if you have a nice shot of your good self or friend wearing Muxu, pop it over to us for equal giftness!

A sudden burst of website traffic and some excited tweets alerted us to the release of the Guardian's Christmas Cycling Gift photo feature, of which the Muxu Japanese Denim Jeans were featured as the first gift for the cyclist in your life. 

Sitting alongside some other very nice gifts from the cycling world, the British newspaper took a liking to our cycling jeans, praising their 'anatomical design and stretch blend fabric' amongst other features.

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the Guardian and specifically the author of the feature, Matthew Wright, for featuring Muxu, and for their great use of our photo from the Barcelona jeans shoot. You have indeed made Jordi, the rider in the picture, a very happy man.