Finally found a place to get some display fixtures for frames – Rudy Rack in Wisconsin. Studs are supposed to be at 16″ on center. Every other stud should be at 32 inches. I spaced the fixtures at 32″, or so I thought. I still needed to hunt and peck with a nail in the […]
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Visitors to the shop are nice. Paying visitors (customers) are even nicer 😉 . But it’s always a pleasant surprise to have visitors of the caliber I’ve had recently. Bruce Gordon has stopped by a couple of times. His shop is over the hill in Petaluma. He’s stopped by on a couple of beautiful Sunday […]
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It’s raining today (or at least it was an hour ago). I didn’t expect many folks to come into the shop today. Especially folks who were out riding. And I really didn’t expect the young lady who came into the shop with a hunk of glass in her front tire. She was riding with her […]
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Basically, Prudhoe Bay is at the top of North America and Tierra del Fuego is at the bottom of South America. If you consider North and South America a contiguous land mass, I think that is the longest distance across a land mass in the world. So why would you want to ride your bike […]
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Why a new tire/wheel size? Well, for starters, the 650B size is anything but new. Second, if it were not for the Russian Army, all mountain bikes might, to this day, be equipped with 650B wheels and 26” and 29” might never have existed. Back in the infancy of mountain bikes, Tom Ritchey, Joe Breeze, […]
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I had a date a few days ago with Mary, Martha, Sarah, and Susan. The Klein quadruplets. They were a little cold from being ignored for about 15 years, but once they got handled a little, they warmed right up. When Gary Klein began producing his bikes with pressed in bottom bracket bearings and axle […]
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This bike is a hoot to ride to work. It’s truly an Amsterdam bike. I’ve got a 14 year old Jandd Commuter pannier that carries my lunch, laptop, and other assorted requirements for a day on the job. The coaster brake and twist shifter let me also carry my cup of coffee during my 2 […]
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As another friend who owns a bike shop mentioned something to the effect of “a collection of bikes is nice to look at, but you’ve got to also sell to keep the doors open.” Or something like that. Well, the interest in bikes here seems to be in something that is comfortable, requires little maintenance, […]
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When Bike Magazine did a feature on the 2006 edition of the North American Handbuilt Bike Show and printed only photographs of the frame builders’ hands, a lot of folks didn’t think too much of the story. They didn’t get it. I thought it was a great story. It’s the “hand” built bike show. The […]
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Good tools are a real pleasure to work with. Makes looking forward to using them kind of like watching cookies bake. You can’t wait until the next batch is ready. Although, that’s not really a problem at my house. I typically polish off the cookie dough before it makes it to the oven. I was […]
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I’m never going to get or maintain a level of fitness with my daily commute.Total distance: 0.38 milesTotal time: 4:28 (including stop at Toby’s for coffee)Cost for the Americano (providing my own mug): $2.00Leaving the car in the driveway: Priceless
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Getting closer to that time of year when lights are needed, I decided to investigate the small, powerful LED lights on my own. I like the Planet Bike stuff. It helps that they are also very advocacy driven. And even better, their lights that require batteries come with batteries! I purchased four lights of various […]
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