Alright, here’s the deal. I love this local radio station, KWMR, we have and am honored that I host a couple of shows on it and get to sub for some fantastic folks and their great shows. This is the kind of station that everyone dreams about and it’s in my own backyard. Tonight on […]
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That’s right. Black Mountain Cycles frames are genuine Trek replacement parts. For evidence I present the Trek Pilot something or other. What it is is a silver aluminum frame with carbon seatstay and a replaceable derailleur hanger. What this Trek didn’t have is a strong enough dropout that was attached to the chainstay and seat […]
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That’s right. My cross bike will take 1/2 hour off your two hour loop. Imagine that. A full 25% faster. All these big-shot fancy bike companies are spending untold monies trying to develop a faster bike and all they needed was one of my cross bikes. I built up one of my cross frames with […]
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Just got done building a new wheelset. Thought I’d offer a special deal to readers of the blog or Facebook. As the wheelset sits, it’s an $800 wheelset. I’m offering it for $750 shipped to the lower 48 to anyone who says they saw it here or on Facebook. And as special incentive, if you […]
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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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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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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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Sometimes, you just have to pull a rabbit out of the hat and write a post. Sometimes. But not all the time. I had planned to write something about 29″ers and then just today saw a post that pretty much summed up what I was going to write. Also today, my copy of “Bicycle Retailer […]
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I was just treated to a June 1 burst of rain for the past couple hours. The rain pattern has been disturbingly random the past week. Then there’s also the matter of the wind when it’s not raining. It’s hard enough to get out on the bike in the rain (so I haven’t), but when […]
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What’s ahead of you? Mirrors and bicycles. Some folks can’t ride without a rear view mirror. I can’t drive a car without a rear view mirror. Probably spend as much time looking back as looking forward. Not because I’m worried about being caught speeding, because I keep my speed within that range that doesn’t get […]
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