Boy, it’s been non-stop titanium at the shop. It seems like every bike that comes in for repair is a titanium frame. Within the past few days, it’s been: Airborne, Morati, Seven, Dean, and Moots. The Airborne was a down tube replacement that Steve Potts performed. The Morati was a disc brake mount that Steve […]
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Yesterday was spectacular. About 55 degrees, clear skies and no wind until the last 14 miles or so and then it was a really nice tail wind. I had initially planned to ride out to the lighthouse and back after reading aboug JimG’s 200k brevet, but upon checking the weather at the lighthouse and finding […]
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Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever had anything like this published about me at any time. I’ve written some pieces that have been published in magazines, but nothing about me. It’s kind of an odd feeling reading something that is about you. But I think I can live with it. Read the interview on bikeradar.com. […]
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The WTB SST seat has long been a favorite of mine. There were several variations of this seat. Starting with my favorite, the original SST, there was the SST-X without the droopy nose. The SST 98 was a very nice Italian made version with a cut-out in the shell to relieve pressure in the “sensitive […]
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Pretty historic day today. There’s a lot of hype, for obvious reasons, surrounding this election. From my perspective, though, I see the election of 44 as the best man for the job and not the election of someone simply because you don’t want the other guy to win. The only thing this election was about […]
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A group of seven vintage bike kooks met up in Fairfax to take advantage of a holiday and the incredible weather we’ve been having. I spent the prior day getting my Ibis SS ready to ride. The one thing I wanted to do was get the Suntour XC Pro rear derailleur and right side Suntour […]
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You know when you’re working on something and a small part falls? You train your eyes on the approximate location where it’s going to fall, listen for it hitting the ground, and then, hopefully, your eye notices movement making it easy to find? Well, sometimes it doesn’t happen quite like that. I’m adjusting a first […]
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We’ve been having unseasonably warm weather. The thermometer topped out at over 70 degrees yesterday. I set out on a ride to take advantage of the weather and my day off. I had set up the Rawland with the 700×45 wheels for the mixed-terrain ride I was planning. The burly knobs of the Panaracer Fire […]
Filed under: Mixed Terrain, Rides
Like Dr. Hook proclaimed, “gonna buy five copies for my mother.” However, there ain’t no buying things that are posted on the internet. Regardless, there’s a photo of three good lookin’ guys at the end of a nice interview with Sean Walling of Soulcraft on bikeradar.com. I happened to be out in Petaluma for a […]
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If there is any bike that is going to ride as nice as any bike can today, tomorrow, or 10, 20 years from now, it’s the WTB Phoenix frame. There’s nothing “special” about the ride of a Phoenix. The incredible ride of the Phoenix comes from it’s ability to disappear underneath the rider. In the […]
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It’s been busy. Not busy with foot traffic, but busy with various repairs, restos, and projects, so here’s a little catch up post. I had both a very nice old Bontrager Road Lite bike and Petaluma Salsa La Raza in for some work. Both bikes are owned by women which is not really a big […]
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Sorry, this is about seat bags and how they attach to seats. Why is it that some folks can’t figure out how to install a seat bag? When the bag is purchased, the straps are pretty much in place according to how the strap should wrap around the bag. But yet, the new bag owner […]
Filed under: Rant, Things I dislike