Not what you’re expecting. That’s what. Sometimes it’s not all Potts and Cunningham and Salsa and … I find it interesting that there exists some bike shops that wouldn’t even allow a specimen like this to enter their door. Granted there are some shops that are what would be called “pro only” and that’s like […]
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I hope I’m not the first to come up with that line: “HTC hitting the high road.” It’s too easy. And quite frankly, I’m really not that interested in what is going on at any level of cycling (or sport) with regards to sponsorship. Sponsorship is a very difficult thing to gauge in terms of […]
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Remember Joe? Well, Joe turns 76 this year and to celebrate, he is pedalling 760 km up and down the east side of Vancouver Island in B.C. Every year, for the past several, Joe has undertaken a lengthy tour to benefit local West Marin non-profit organizations. This year, the beneficiaries are The Dance Palace and […]
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This turned out super sweet. Yeah, yeah, yeah…I know, it’s a mountain bike with slicks, but no one would say word one if I fit knobby cross tires on my road bike. They’d simply say “cool!” But the most important thing is this is going to get ridden. Ken contacted me from Grand Rapids, MI […]
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To the guy with the T-Mobile Giant who broke your SLR seat, your seat bag is here. E-mail me with your address and I’ll mail it to you along with your seat post if you want that back too. (What’s playing: Elvis Costello Party Girl)
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Another day, another sweet bike in the stand. This time it’s a Pegoretti ‘Day Is Done.’ This particular one was exhibited at the 2011 NAHBS show in Austin. I really like the orange tones on the gray paint. It also looks and feels like it’s going to be a great rider. This particular frame came […]
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Custom touring bike. That’s what’s in the stand. This one is a custom touring/rando frame from Palermo Cycles in Baltimore, MD. The owner started this a while back and in the mean time moved from the DC area to Marin, got married, had a kid, sent the kid to college – kidding about the last […]
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I received a water bottle in the mail recently. It kind of confused me. There was a top and there was another top. The second top was on the bottom and you couldn’t drink out of it. What the… Then I read the literature. Yes, it had literature – for a water bottle. The bottom […]
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One of the blogs/web sites I read regularly is Red Kite Prayer and the pieces by the site owner/manager, Padraig. I followed his writing before RKP began when he contributed to Belgium Knee Warmers (sure would like to see Radio Freddy crank it up again). I was caught off-guard one day, a while back, when […]
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I was out of large, XL, and XXL t-shirts for a while, but they are being printed today or tomorrow. Hopefully, by the weekend I’ll have t-shirts here and ready. For the folks who have ordered on-line, I’ll have them mailed out to you on Monday. Sorry for the delay. What I am not out […]
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A reply from Alex to my “Labels” post prompted the recollection of an event over 20 years ago. Years ago, working at Pacific Coast Cycles, we got a call from someone from Rolling Stone magazine saying that their staff was having a west coast retreat/meeting and wanted to go on a mountain bike ride, could […]
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I had originally planned a post similar to this one. Thought about it last week and was going to write it on Monday, the same day that other post came out. But after reading that post and the comments and receiving the latest “Bicycle Retailer and Industry News” that had a cover story titled “Surge […]
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