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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There’s a nice review of the Black Mountain Cycles road (and cross) frameset available in the spring issue of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition’s “Pedal Press.” Check out the pdf of the issue at the following link. The review is located on page 22. Black Mountain Cycles review. Here’s a picture of James’ road bike […]
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Granted, I’m far off Nick’s radar, but it’s really not so difficult to find road frames with clearances for fatter tires. I’ve got a stack of them. And they can take up to a 33 tire, easily. I enjoy Nick Legan’s column in Velo News, although some of the questions are becoming a little mundane. […]
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I already feel, to some extent, that I’ve beaten a dead horse on the topic of tire size and air pressure. Besides a properly clean and lubed drivetrain, I think tire selection and air pressure is the biggest thing you can do to make your bike ride as comfortably and fast as you can make […]
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Going to be closed a few days this week. I apologize if this affects your needing to purchase a Black Mountain Cycles bike decked out with the latest and greatest. If this is the case, operators are standing by ready to take your order. Well, not really. Here’s the hours this week. Tuesday April 5: […]
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Here’s a chance to win $300 if your submitted photo is selected for the soon to be published “Where to Bike San Francisco.” Go to the link and find the locations where they would like photos taken. My buddy Gary B. is authoring the book and needs help with photos. Good luck! Where to Bike […]
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I mean really good, commercial-free, kick-ass, community-based radio? Well, I do. I can remember working at Pacific Coast Cycles in Carlsbad, CA and we’d play music we all liked and all of our friends liked it and we wondered why, if we all liked this eclectic range of music, did a radio station not exist […]
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I’m sure the folks who went to the North American Handbuilt Bike Show (NAHBS and pronounced NABS), got exactly what they were looking for. For the most part, that’s “over-the-topedness.” It’s actually easy to go over the top and make things overly complicated so intricately detailed, the concept of what the item’s intended use is […]
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Or mudguards. I made my road frame so that it could accept direct mounted fenders and think it looks really nicely finished with a set of aluminum fenders. So does the owner of the first build, Ten. The fenders will likely be called into action soon since it’s raining pretty good out there and is […]
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