How does your bag hang…

Sorry, this is about seat bags and how they attach to seats. Why is it that some folks can’t figure out how to install a seat bag? When the bag is purchased, the straps are pretty much in place according to how the strap should wrap around the bag. But yet, the new bag owner […]

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What a waste of tape…

In the category of “Things I Dislike” falls another bit with tape. In this instance, the culprit is not something that is visible on the bike. In fact, if you don’t let these guys tape your bars, it is totally invisible. What I’m talking about is the tape that is used to hold down brake […]

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How hard can it be…

How hard can it be to remove those little pieces of tape that brake makers fix to their road brake calipers to protect the finish in shipping? It’s the first thing I do when I install a brake on a road bike. And it’s one of the first things I’ll do if it’s on a […]

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Things I dislike…

You know when you buy something and it has some sort of product sticker that is intended to be removed but just doesn’t come off? I hate those. This is a handlebar with one of those stickers right where the grip is supposed to mount. It has to come off completely. Because it’s on an […]

Filed under: Things I dislike