What’s at hand…

Sometimes, one needs to use what’s at hand. In the case of this cross bike, the owner needed headset spacers and used what was at hand – headset crown races. It works. What’s playing: Chris Gaffney Loser’s Paradise)

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Black Mountain Cycles Bottles in the wild…

Well, maybe not the wild, but a pretty neat car parks in that garage. And the man-sized Pegoretti is darn nice too. Thanks for the pic, Big John. BTW, you need some more tools on that tool board. I’ve got a thing for big bikes and this one is extra clean and big. Big bikes […]

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Reason #2 to lube your chain…

Reason #1 being to keep the chain quiet and functioning. Reason #2 so it doesn’t take its roughly 464 parts and fuse them into one. (What’s playing: KWMR All Day Music Show)

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White space…

Ric Hjertberg of Wheelsmith fame is a pretty smart fellow. I enjoyed the bit he wrote on his Wheel Fanatyk blog about the over-the-top bikes that make the biggest waves at the handbuilt bike shows. It’s what’s not there that is the most beautiful. It’s no coincidence that the two pieces of art that I […]

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One for my mom…

And no, I did not just go out and buy a new mug. (What’s playing: Elton John Someone Saved My Life Tonight)

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Preview…

Here’s a teaser/preview of an upcoming “What’s in the Stand” post. Hand signed Steve Potts frame. And that’s all you get this Monday! (What’s playing: Peter Case Every 24 Hours)

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Riddle me this…

One of the blogs I follow is my friend, Marty’s and his bike shop blog The Prarie Peddler. He posted some pictures taken at the North American Handbuilt Bike Show today. As I’m looking at the photos, I’m thinking, first that the bikes he chose as his favorites could also very well be mine. It […]

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Where did that cable guide go…

…and why is my coffee “crunchy?” Set a cable guide that came off a bike that is getting the full monty on the shelf above my work bench. Must have been perched on the edge because when I went for it to install it back on the bike in the stand, it wasn’t there. Hard […]

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Simplicity at its finest…

I came across this You Tube clip of The Ventures on Facebook. Someone I know posted it with the comment about how stripped down the look is compared to some of the gaudy stage productions present today. I really like the visual of the stage and how the musicians are arranged – not the typical […]

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Chuck started a blog…

If there’s one person who has infinite (well, maybe a large finite) amount of wisdom to expound, it’s Chuck at Pacific Coast Cycles. Make sure you cruise over to read what Chuck’s put down to LCD screen as he’s started a blog. I’m a little late to the party, since he started it last October. […]

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Another day, another ride…

The late winter weather is incredible this week. Mid-60’s temps and minimal breezes. So this morning at 8, I had to take advantage of it and head out on one of my favorite loops – on the road to Inverness, up to Inverness Ridge and Mt. Vision via a dirt road, Mt. Vision Rd. to […]

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Testing photo insertions

Success! Physically edited the photo size in html to fill up the column. I like! (What’s playing: Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan Girl From the North Country)

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