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Pretty cool – bikeradar.com picked up my piece on the opening of Bill’s Trail in Samuel P. Taylor State Park to bikes I wrote yesterday. (What’s playing: Lucinda Williams Concrete and Barbed Wire)

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Recently, there has been talk about opening four single-track trails to bikes in Marin County. Yes, that’s four as in 4 trails out of the hundreds in the county. You’d think that opening 4 trails would be fairly benign, but nope, it’s got anti-bike folks all up in arms. I started writing the following several […]

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If there is one true hero in cycling, it is Graeme Obree. Read the book, watch the movie. They guy is definitely self-made and kicked the collective cycling establishment in the nuts when he broke the hour record on a home-made bike. And not one to rest easy, he’s at it again. When companies spend […]

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In addition to this bike stuff, I also get to co-host a radio show out here in West Marin on KWMR. Bakersfield and Beyond: Music for Maverick, Outlaws, and Romantics is a show dedicated to the Bakersfield Sound. The Bakersfield Sound crosses many musical genres with the center being twangy country with a harder edge […]

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I open at 9:30 a.m. on Saturdays. This is due in part to riders being out early on the weekend and wanting to be available to service problems they might have with their bikes. Yesterday, I stopped at the Bovine Bakery for my usual Saturday morning blueberry scone, opened up did some organizing/cleaning and waited. […]

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Okay, here’s the deal. I gotta sell this bike. It’s a brand new 08 model year Redline Mono-9. Frame size is 15″. If it fits you, it’s a great deal – $850 shipped to anywhere in the lower 48 states. If you are in California, I’ve got to add tax to that. I’ve only got […]

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The LA Times ran a story on “all-in-one” bikes yesterday. Pretty cool. These are the exact types of bikes that I love and that I want my shop to be known for. Out of the four bikes mentioned, I carry the Rawland, I can order the Diamondback, and Bruce Gordon is a great guy and […]

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Dave Moulton has a great post on his blog about taking the lane when riding in traffic. Check it out. And to show Guitar Ted that I do actually get the occasional BSO in the shop, I offer the following photo. (What’s playing: Lone Justice Pass It On)

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It’s no secret that I’m fascinated by Charlie Cunningham’s work. His bikes might not be pretty if your idea of a pretty bike is a lugged steel bike with a stunning paint job. However, his bikes were designed to be ridden. Beauty is in the ride of the beholder. In that sense, his bikes are […]

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I like ham. I like ham on a wall. I like ham in the dirt. I like ham on the road. I like ham, yessir and ma’am. I recently sent one of the Cunninghams I had on display back to it’s owner and he sent out a new ‘ham to replace it. The ‘ham that […]

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Just like the post I made a couple months ago, there is another great Andy Hampsten interview at nyvelocity.com. It’s long and the only advice I can offer is don’t get stuck reading the comments at the end – some good, some not. The real read is the interview. (What’s playing: kwmr.org)

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Gordon from Santa Rosa, if, by chance you search this out, I have the information you requested for that Raleigh Sojourn. The e-mail I sent did not go through, so I must have some of it transposed and I don’t have your phone number. Give me a ring or send me an e-mail (the link […]

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