Last Sunday, about 50+ folks showed up in Mill Valley for the Meet Your Maker Tour cross ride up Mt. Tam and beyond. It’s not really fair to call it a cross ride, although a cross bike does work best for this type of ride. In addition to the plentiful cross bikes in attendance, there […]
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This coming Sunday the Meet Your Maker Tour comes to Marin for a ride up the flanks of Mt. Tam and across to the Marin Headlands. Thirty-seven miles of the best dirt road riding around. Perfect for a Black Mountain Cycles monster cross bike, just saying. The Meet Your Maker Tour is made up of […]
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…except I bought my present myself. I mean why leave it to someone else to get you something you don’t want. Only you know what you really want. And I really wanted a new bike. With new parts. Well, almost all new parts. (ed: like my birthday, but not actually.) Several months ago, when Cameron […]
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File this under “things I like.” Been quite a while since I applied that tag. Not that there haven’t been things I like, but I’ve been neglect in blog duties. I needed new bars. Not because the old ones were damaged or in need of replacement due to structural issues. I needed new bars because […]
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The light blue looks even better built up. Something to think about. Do I need to build a new bike? Hmmm… (What’s playing: The Black Keys I’ll Be Your Man)
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Dang. Been a while since the last post. Too much going on. Thought a frame update would be an ideal way to start a Saturday. New road frames arrived this past Tuesday. Colors are orange and light blue. I always dig the orange color, but the new light blue is pretty smoking hot. It turned […]
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How well do you know your bike. If you spend hours and hours on it, it should be like your best friend, your life partner, your third arm. In other words, you should know it pretty damn well. Close your eyes, do you see the spot on the head tube where the paint is worn […]
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A nice tap makes quick work of cleaning a bunged bottle boss. However, there are times when trying to fit a tap handle with tap attached into a tight space just doesn’t work. And there are plenty of times as I’m prepping frames and want to clean the paint out of bosses (especially those on […]
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Within the next couple of days, the new run of road frames will be on the water headed here from Taiwan. It should be roughly 3 weeks before they show up here and become available to ship out. I got a photo from Taiwan of the light blue and I am psyched at how it […]
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Yes, you read that right. Some shops have shop dogs. I have a shop frog. A Pacific Tree Frog, or Pacific Chorus Frog to be precise. He (and I know it’s a he because only the hes croak) showed up early last fall. I walked into the bathroom and there he was at eye level […]
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As a sole-proprietor, owner/operator, one-man bike shop, it really is all about me. I’m not necessarily comfortable with that. I try to avoid using “I” when I write a blog post, but that’s pretty much impossible so I limit its use. Even though it pretty much is all about me, I want it to be […]
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I have a confession and an apology. I’ve learned recently that I’m not a real bike shop. I feel the need to apologize to everyone who purchased something from me or had me work on a bike. If you feel I’ve pulled the wool over your eyes with my pretending to be a bike shop, […]
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