Dammit. I’ve seen this round of tag go through several of the blogs I catch. It was interesting to see it make the rounds from one to the next. I thought I lived in a sort of anonymity-ville, but I guess not. Thanks to Marty over to The Prairie Peddler, I’ve been tagged so I’ll […]
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Was lucky enough to have this hanging around the shop for a few weeks. Now it sits packed up in a bike box waiting for UPS to pick it up and bring it to its new home in the concrete jungle. It was pretty neat seeing people who recognized it and appreciated it. Most recently […]
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Big is in. First VeloNews had a review of big, cushy sew-ups just after Paris-Roubaix. Now, in the issue I just got today (I wrote this a while back…), Greg Bagni, marketing guru, was asked “What’s the coolest product you’ve seen recently?” His initial reply was the CrankBros. wheels. When asked if there was anything […]
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Right after I built up that ti Potts, snapped the photos, and posted it, I packed the whole thing up in a box, careful not to leave out the pedals, quick releases, seat/seat post, as UPS was to pick it up in a couple of hours – bound for New Hampshire. After I got it […]
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That’s the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and they’ve just announced their inductees for 2008. There are a few names that make you go “huh?” and a name that should have been inducted long ago. So, what’s the process for being inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame? Anyone can nominate someone involved in […]
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I had a day recently when it seemed as if everyone through the door had money they wanted to spend in the shop. Made for a day that went by really fast. It also made me feel pretty darn good. Days like that are always short lived, however, as when you pay your quarterly sales […]
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Like Pete Rose sliding head first into third, John-Lee Augustyn exited the road off the descent of the Cime de la Bonette and slid head first down its slopes, the highest paved road in Europe at 9,193 feet. He had spectacularly crested the summit first and was flying down the long descent to the finish […]
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It was reported yesterday on velonews.com that Katie Compton was the first elite racer to win a national mountain bike title on a bike with 29″ wheels. The next photo then described her wheels as 1.8″ cyclocross tires. Even in the accompanying story, they couldn’t be consistent in their description saying her bike “had brand-new […]
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I posted a photo quite a few months ago of a new wheel build that was for a new project. I’ve been riding that bike a lot. It’s quite fun riding a fixed gear road bike. And that’s what it is, a fixed gear road bike, not a fixie. It’s a prototype frame that I […]
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I sold a trunk mounted car rack today. Right after opening, a couple of ladies came into the shop and asked if I sold “bike racks.” After a few qualifying questions, I quickly ascertained that they were after an apparatus for their car with which to transport two bicycles. I sold them the one I […]
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Sometimes it takes the words of a 13-year old to put what it is about a bicycle that I love. Henri Boulanger, son of Gary and Jean wrote this. Ride on, Henri! Holy cow was today busy! Had what was supposed to be a simple Dura Ace triple install finalize on a Somec cross frame. […]
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A few days ago, I had someone in the shop with a, um, saddle related issue. He would go for a ride and then have lingering pain for the next couple of days. Not good. He brought in two saddles that he’d tried that did absolutely nothing to ease the pain and provide comfort. I […]
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