With regards to bikes the industry needs more of… I sold this DiamondBack Transporter over the weekend. This bike is one of those “just right” bikes. Just the right price for a first bike in many, many years buyer. Just the right spec – I gotta love the no suspension fork, complete with fenders, steel […]
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And now it hits home. Model years, huh. What are they good for. Absolutely nothing. Listen to me. Okay, so I took a little liberty from Edwin Starr. But really, model years are a bane to the bike industry. Maybe not “model years” per se, because some form of identifying production by specification needs to […]
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Actually, it’s probably only two or three degrees. Here’s a few funny coincidental instances that have happened at the shop. A few months ago, Grant Petersen of Rivendell stopped by. I saw the bike he parked out front and pretty much knew it was Grant. I’d never met him and always admired what he’s done […]
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When I moved here, I did some internet searching for rides in the Marin area. What I found were a few personal websites/blogs that seemed to favor my favorite type of rides. They called them mixed terrain rides – combining paved roads and trails and dirt roads and trails. I like riding my bike wherever […]
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So, sitting here waiting for live updates from the Giro on velonews.com (a quite exciting stage yesterday and everything is on the wire coming into today mountain stage followed by tomorrow’s final stage – a time trial in Milan), I visited JimG’s sfcyclotouring blog to see what he’s got going on. He’s got a post […]
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A very nice old Rock Lobster with some nice touches came in for a rejuvenation treatment and a new set of On-One Mary bars. Turned out pretty sweet. How can the B-52’s song not be roaring through your head when you see a Rock Lobster? Bontrager fork too! Hand signed by Paul Sadoff. Another hand […]
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Anonymous recently asked “What would you define as “slightly lower” BB height for mountain and road bikes?” I started to answer in the comments section, but think it deserves its own post because it became quite lengthy. Considering this is a road frame I’m mentioning, I’ll stick with that, but the same would apply to […]
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Especially from someone like Andy Hamptsten, although in a very indirect manner. It was in 1988 on the Gavia pass in Italy, during the Giro d’ Italia where Andy Hampsten showed all who was boss on the cold, snowy slopes by taking second on the stage and donning the maglia rosa to become the eventual […]
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This sweet old Klein came in to get brought back to its original form. It came in with a suspension fork which probably adversely affected the handling considering the frame was made years before the first suspension fork hit the market. Luckily its owner retained the original Steve Potts made Type II fork. The fork […]
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There are so many choices these days. Virtually anything that requires you to make a decision means that you have to sort through way too many options. From the clothes you pick out to wear for the day to the bike you choose to ride, sometimes it’s just too hard to figure out. If you […]
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As I was heading out the gate for a morning ride up Mt. Vision and back down via the fire road into Inverness, I had a change of plan. Ride out to the lighthouse and back – an easy 40 miles. Well, easy if there’s no wind. Or easier if you have a tail wind. […]
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This was pretty cool news. Campagnolo recently hired my old friend, Tom Kattus, as their new North American general manager. Pretty sweet! Tom, John and I used to ride road early in the mornings when we all lived in the Carlsbad area. Meet at 7:00 and ride for a couple of hours down the coast. […]
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