If one is not going to slack off and not post for a couple of weeks, one better come back with some good stuff. It doesn’t get any better than working on nice old bikes and getting to work on a Cunningham tops that list. My friend Noah sent his Cunningham to Charlie to get […]
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…there’s a blueberry scone from the Bovine Bakery on my work bench along with coffee. And if it’s during the Pt. Reyes farmer’s market, there will also be a plate full of papas con huevos y aguacate on top of a hand-made gordita from the great ladies who run a food stand featuring homemade Mexican […]
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Sometimes I just don’t feel like writing a blog post, so I don’t. Probably should, but don’t. I figure when the time is right, it will happen. The time’s right. There’s actually been quite a bit of newsworthy stuff, but I’ll dole it out in time. Today, I’ll put up a few things that have […]
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One of my favorite sayings is “those who know don’t say and those who say don’t know.” That saying has retained its original feeling, but has been paraphrased from the original by Lao-Tzu, a 6th century B.C. philosopher, considered the father of Taoism. The original goes more like: Those who have knowledge don’t predict, those […]
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This really nice Breezer Panorama tandem (it might be one of a kind) stopped by recently on a ride. I noticed the rear brake didn’t have enough spring tension to keep the cable taut whilst the brake was not on. While the owner was at lunch, I did a quick brake job and got the […]
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Been a while since I had a “What’s In The Stand” post, so I thought I’d make it extra tasty. This Steve Potts CCR (Cross Country Racer) is owned by my friend Noah. It was the first vintage bike he bought many years ago. So many years ago, that the bike probably wasn’t considered vintage […]
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If you read car magazines, there is the occasional story about the guy who hears about a certain classic, old car for sale that has been stored in a barn for the past 20+ years and has a couple thousand miles on it and after charging the battery, it fires right up and he drives […]
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What are the chances that any bike shop would have a Cunningham in for any type of service? What are the chances that there would be three Cunninghams? Pretty good if the shop is in Point Reyes Station. Last week was ‘ham week at Black Mountain Cycles. The first ‘ham was a late model Racer […]
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I think my all-time favorite derailleur for a mountain bike is the M950 series XTR derailleur. It’s just, well, it’s just a great looking mountain bike derailleur. Rugged and tough looking. One of the neatest features about it, though, is it’s spring tension adjustment. Theres a little Phillips head screw that increases spring tension in […]
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One of the people in the bike industry I respect is Lennard Zinn. I like to approach the bicycle from a technical stand-point. Lennard’s tech column in VeloNews and on velonews.com are among my must reads whenever they come out. There is always something I learn from his tech columns. It was pretty cool when […]
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With apologies to Guitar Ted, I really can’t help it when bikes like these “just show up” for work. The first is an early 90’s Salsa ala Carte with the trademark rasta jelly bean paint. It only needed new tires. The second is a Steve Potts CCR (Cross Country Racer) from about 1990. It’s brakes […]
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Boy, it’s been non-stop titanium at the shop. It seems like every bike that comes in for repair is a titanium frame. Within the past few days, it’s been: Airborne, Morati, Seven, Dean, and Moots. The Airborne was a down tube replacement that Steve Potts performed. The Morati was a disc brake mount that Steve […]
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