Is the saying that August arrives like a lamb and leaves like a lion? If not, then I changed that. And you can trademark that. August started off like any other month, but by the time it was almost over, I had a stack of complete bike orders lined up in the queue. First the […]
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I don’t race, so I don’t ride to train. I don’t participate in timed events, so I don’t care about how fast I ride. Well, maybe a little since I do have to be back in time to open the shop according to my posted hours. I usually ride solo, so I’m not necessarily riding […]
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One of the hardest things about bicycle design is not coming up with the design. It’s coming up with colors for the frames. Once upon a time, I, along with co-workers, would have to come up with colors for about 75 different models with 2 or 3 different color options. Not easy. Working with a […]
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I’m totally off the back posting the goodness that is a casual ride with Bruce Gordon. It happens tomorrow (sorry for the short notice) and starts/ends at Bruce’s shop in Petaluma. It should be a fun ride and the weather is supposed to be great. If you haven’t seen Bruce’s new retail shop and museum […]
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Black Mountain Cycles will be closed Tuesday June 10 thru Thursday June 12. I’ll be back in the shop on Friday. In the mean time, here are a three new colors that I’m considering for the next run of cross frames scheduled to arrive some time in the Fall. The maroon has a bit of […]
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If Sunday’s 4 hour point/point/point ride wasn’t enough, I got out the next day for 4 1/2 hours on a modified out and back ride. The previous day was on the road bike. This day was on the cross bike. Got to mix it up, you know. As with the point/point/point ride, this day’s ride […]
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Sometimes I feel unworthy of riding a nicer bike. I’ve read “The Rules” and while there is some elitist, fun, playfulness to them, there is good info there. I am particular in how my bike is set up. Luckily, I still still have good flexibility so I can comfortably run my bars well below my […]
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I finally got a chance to update the build kits specs for the road bikes. I also added an Ultegra 6800 build because this is simply a wonderful group – smooth shifting, great feeling levers. Something I’d build for myself if I needed to build a new road bike from the ground up. There’s also […]
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It was probably over five years ago I started hounding both Kenda and WTB about tires. I figured between one of them, I could get my ideal tire. I had always longed for a big, fat cross tire. Being selfish, I wanted it purely for myself. Every cross bike I had I always wanted just […]
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Cross frames That happened much faster than I expected. Within 4 weeks after receiving this latest round of frames, I am sold out of the 59cm cross frames. I do have a few 59cm orange frames from the previous round of frames. I will be placing another order today for more frames. No changes to […]
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Chains wear out. When they do wear out, they also start taking cassettes and chainrings with them. Just last week, I replaced a chain on a bike that had also killed the cassette cogs and all three chainrings. Not a cheap repair. It all could have been avoided by replacing the chain. The question is […]
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I had a post all planned out. Technical. Pretty good info. Then I read this and recalled a letter to the editor in last week’s Point Reyes Light. The link highlighted there for the Point Reyes Light doesn’t actually go to the letter, just the paper’s webpage. The “this” link does go to People For […]
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