This was a saying we were fond of using in many situations back in the ’80s. It has roots in Jeff Spicoli’s famous line, “My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it,” after he totals a car. We used it in many cases that had […]
Filed under: Working on bikes
It doesn’t get any better than this. A fully custom Steve Potts titanium frame, 29″ wheels, and Type II fork. Well, maybe if it had WTB rollercams, it might be better, but only marginally. Got this built up for a customer of Steve’s who will be enjoying it in a few days on his vacation […]
Filed under: What's in the stand
I almost skipped over this bit in cyclingnews.com, but read on because of an interesting looking thumbnail photo. As I clicked through the photos in the gallery, I came across this shot of the head tube area on a CSC Cervelo bike. Okay, let me understand, the gist of this story is about the aero […]
Filed under: Rant
I’ve know Chris Watson for over a decade. Chris knows bikes. And he also knows bottle cages and seat bags. The company he co-founded, Arundel, made one of the first (the first?) carbon fiber water bottle cage. I’ve had one on my bike for many years and a bottle has never been ejected – even […]
Filed under: New in the shop
This homemade looking bike came in to get some 90mm comfort riser bars, slick tires, Gripshift MRX shifters, wicker basket… Okay, not really. It did get dropped off so I can send it to its new home with my friend Noah, Cunningham afficianado. It’s pretty freakin’ cool. The model is the Wombat and was pretty […]
Filed under: What's in the stand
This old Ibis road frame came in to have an (almost) complete 8-speed Dura Ace group installed. The frame was virtually NOS. It had had a bottom bracket threaded into it at one time and the headset was already installed, but it didn’t appear that a rear derailleur had been threaded into the dropout as […]
Filed under: What's in the stand
…or yesterday. This bike will be traversing the California Alps during this weekend’s Death Ride. Its owner did a final, long 95 mile ride through Sonoma County’s back roads last week. After that ride, he felt like the 50/34 coupled with a 12-27 might not be sufficient to get him over all the five passes […]
Filed under: What's in the stand
A week ago, a group of over 100 cyclists rolled through Point Reyes. The Almaden Cycle Touring Club’s annual Sierra-to-the-Sea ride came through Point Reyes on their way from the foothills of the Sierra’s down to Golde Gate Park. A bunch of them stopped in through out the day. The last couple of guys through […]
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My friend Gary B’s interview with Swobo’s Sky Yeager on bikeradar.com is a good read…especially the last question/answer. While you’re at it, read his bit with Grant Petersen too. (What’s playing: R.E.M. I Believe)
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According to an on-line post from Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, Giant has proclaimed it The Year of the Road Bike. Didn’t that already happen? I’m sorry, but I would prefer that they, and others, proclaim it the Year of Getting People Off Their Asses Out of Their SUV’s Off Their Cell Phones and On […]
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Monday, June 23rd from 6:40-8:30 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time), I will be helping Amanda Eichstaedt spin tunes on KWMR as she, in turn, is covering The Hippie from Olema Show. In trying to come up with a theme, we finally decided to make it an all request show. Takes the pressure off of us. So, […]
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I’ve always liked the simple, classic design of the traditional English 3-speed. Not long ago, I decided to investigate what the list of Craig has to offer and found a his and hers Raleigh Superbe 3-speed for sale. A quick negotiation and they were ours. They turned out to be super clean, still retaining their […]
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