Recently, it seemed like it was ti times. I had an early Merlin road bike and an early 90s Merlin mountain bike in for some work and a Steve Potts frame in for a complete build up. The Merlin road bike initially came in during a ride for a disturbing “clunk” in the front end […]
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In the book of retail, it is said that thou shalt have a sign announcing your shop or else… I’ve been open for four months without a sign. I’ve thought about getting it done, but something would always come up and delay the process. Initially, I had someone who was going to paint it for […]
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This old Ritchey came in for some work. It didn’t really need anything at first glance, but the owner wanted to ditch the newish brake pads and I suggested replacing the straddle cables with something more vintage looking if he was going for maintaining the vintage look. I installed a set of original Shimano canti […]
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It’s amazing how fast time goes by as you get older. I remember being a kid and thinking Christmas will never get here. I’m reminded that this feeling is still in existence today as my son is expressing the same sentiment. As you get older, you wonder, how the heck did it get to be […]
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The Klunkerz DVD is out and in stock at the shop. I’ve already had to reorder – popular item. It’s a great lesson in the birth of the mountain bike. Lots of super cool footage of the early days. Highly recommended for anyone into bikes – period. I was lucky enough to view the movie […]
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The Tour of California will again pass through Point Reyes Station right in front of the shop. C’mon over for a front row seat on February 18, 2008 to watch the race blow through town faster ‘n one usually drives through.
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My friend Amanda brought her Kronan Swedish Army bike in to put on consignment. She bought it in Europe and rode it around over there before bring it back home to West Marin. It was in the shop for a few weeks before someone bought it. The buyer also wanted to replace the single speed […]
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I wouldn’t be who/what I am today if it weren’t for Pacific Coast Cycles and Chuck Hoefer. Chuck hired me and paid me the princely sum of $7.50/hour at a time when I was making a very unhappy $40,000/year (and a company car). I knew that bikes were where my life was. I’d only been […]
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Tom Ritchey dropped off one of his Project Rwanda Coffee Bikes recently. It’s drawn quite a bit of attention at the shop – good thing I’m familiar with Project Rwanda and the reason why the bike was created. A lot of folks ask me questions about the bike. After explaining how the bike helps coffee […]
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Sometimes, one can get a little too comfortable with the status quo. In doing so, certain necessary things are neglected. One item that I’ve been neglect in arranging is my website. But that’s about to change. I registered the domain name long ago and only a few days ago signed up to have my website […]
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I love building myself a new bike. I love it even more when the bike I’m building will soon be a bike that I can sell with my own name on it. This was the case recently when I built my new “cross” bike. It’s not exactly a cyclocross bike because it has two sets […]
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A guy came in yesterday in a slight panic worried that he would have to take a taxi 40+ miles back to San Francisco. Seems he had a flat tire and didn’t have the special key that allowed him to remove his quick release. Guess they aren’t so “quick” of a release without the key. […]
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