With the help of friends Ken & Amanda, I got more slatwall up in the shop to convert a corner into touring central – racks, fenders, panniers… The touring section complements the touring bikes I have in the shop – Bruce Gordon BLT, Surly Long Haul Trucker, and Raleigh Sojourn. The touring bikes and cyclocross […]
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For those who may want to see more Potts 2-tone paint schemes. This is a friend’s bike who bought it new back in the day. (What’s playing: Exene Cervenka Willow Tree)
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…the before picture. From Potts (What’s playing: Johnny Paycheck Take This Job and Shove It)
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Steve Potts custom from the late 80’s early 90’s. It’s a 6-speed bike which would, on paper, put it in the 80’s, but one could still get 6-speed parts new from Shimano into the early 90’s so the parts aren’t necessarily a good indicator of the year of the bike. The brake levers are later […]
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I recently had a repair in the shop. The bike had experienced one of those moments when something catches in the rear derailleur and eventually rips off the derailleur hanger and twists the rear derailleur into a pretzel. Easy fix, but when I got the parts together to do the install, I realized that both […]
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Ben’s waiting for his very own Steve Potts titanium frameset, so I thought I’d throw him a bone. Here is the first Potts 650b frame that is in the stand right now getting boxed to be sent to it’s new home. It turned out pretty sweet. It’s designed around a Fox 100mm travel fork and […]
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…the best quote of the day during Biketoberfest. A guy was checking out the OS Blackbuck single-speed mountain bike. He turned the crank backwards and said, “it’s like a fixie with a freewheel.” Uh, okay. (What’s playing: Hank Thompson Six-Pack To Go)
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If one is not going to slack off and not post for a couple of weeks, one better come back with some good stuff. It doesn’t get any better than working on nice old bikes and getting to work on a Cunningham tops that list. My friend Noah sent his Cunningham to Charlie to get […]
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…there’s a blueberry scone from the Bovine Bakery on my work bench along with coffee. And if it’s during the Pt. Reyes farmer’s market, there will also be a plate full of papas con huevos y aguacate on top of a hand-made gordita from the great ladies who run a food stand featuring homemade Mexican […]
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Last weekend was an interesting one. Saturday morning we were treated to a nice thunder and lightning storm with a bit of rain. Point Reyes Station was also on the route for the MS150 Waves to Wine ride that brought, by some estimates, a couple thousand riders through town on a two-day trip from San […]
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I guess this is a good problem to have. However, one of the things in life that annoy me to no end is having to replace things as they run out. I hate grocery shopping for the daily staples. I have having to buy supplies for the shop as they run out. It’s just, well, […]
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Like I mentioned, when I have something to say, I’ll say it and after this mornings road ride there were two things that became clearly evident. One is riders of the pavement still don’t know how to ride in a paceline and 28s just flat out rule. I had reason to hit the road this […]