I’m never going to get or maintain a level of fitness with my daily commute.Total distance: 0.38 milesTotal time: 4:28 (including stop at Toby’s for coffee)Cost for the Americano (providing my own mug): $2.00Leaving the car in the driveway: Priceless
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Getting closer to that time of year when lights are needed, I decided to investigate the small, powerful LED lights on my own. I like the Planet Bike stuff. It helps that they are also very advocacy driven. And even better, their lights that require batteries come with batteries! I purchased four lights of various […]
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I have to admit, I’m not a big fan of carbon fiber. Sure I’ve got carbon forks on my high-fallutin’ road bike and cross bike. And okay, so my road bike has carbon seat and chain stays – but the main frame is sweet steel. I placed my first bike orders this week and realized, […]
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I didn’t know whether to turn on the comment feature or leave it off when I started this here blog. I think I’ll now turn the feature off. My initial inkling was to leave it off because it seems like blogs have become more than their intended purpose of a “web log” – a place […]
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This cool old mountain bike came in yesterday. The owner was complaining that the derailleur was “skipping.” Based on the age and condition, my first thought was “stiff link.” So I spin the cranks backwards. No stiff link. Throwing it in the stand, I take a closer look. Uh, you need a new freewheel and […]
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There are certain things in this world that have a universal appeal. Monty Python is one of them. I firmly believe that almost everything can be related in one way or another to something Monty Python did.* Recently, an older British couple who were touring the great Northern California coast came by the shop (actually, […]
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A pile of old tubes that have made their way into tires I’ve ridden were bugging me. With a little time on my hands, I checked to verify their air holding ability. Ones that had big cuts or snake bites got tossed. Tubes that had a small hole were patched. It’s been a long time […]
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Okay, this is something that I was totally unprepared for. I loaded a couple of pages in the fax machine, punched in the number, and hit send. That’s when things went horribly wrong. Immediately, the paper jammed in the feed and I got the beep alarm that a jam was occurring – as if the […]
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I hate a cluttered workbench. And, yet, that’s what I’ve suffered through for the past couple weeks. Tools laying around, a portable mechanic’s tool case precariously perched on the edge of the workbench, not enough room to work… But not after today. In my brief time at B&L in Solana Beach, I really appreciated the […]
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Things must be going okay if I need to start placing reorders after being open a week, right? Yeah, that’s what I think too. Seriously, folks are coming in to get bikes tuned up, replace tires, get cycle computers…I’m having a great time so far. Now I’ve got to figure out how and what I’m […]
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The door’s open, folks are coming in (I need to get some generic replacement wheels) and things are moving along about as expected – slowly. I knew it wouldn’t be great guns right out of the gate, but it’s all good. We had some incredible help from friends over the weekend helping unpack, check in, […]
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This one’s for the Allen boys. When you are the boss, you get to listen to what you want and when no ones around, you can turn it to eleven!
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