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Category: bikes

there, i fixed it

Decided to ride my roadie to work yesterday and I flatted on the way home.
No problem; one tends to be prepared for these things on a roadie. Opened my saddle bag to grab the spare tube (check), compressed air (check), and tire lever (whaaa?). Oh drat, I took the lever out the other day to [...]

the scenic route

View taking the long way in in a larger map
Not a bad ride today. 1:20, 18.5mph moving average.

sick solstice ride

137 miles in a day. 10,000 feet of climbing.
In the end, the anticipation was killer; the ride was not.
I spent the leading week riding a few mellow rides, just getting miles into my legs, and eating a lot of yams, but other than that, nothing special.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind rip I really only [...]

washing helmet liner pads

Bicycle helmets can get pretty full of stank. In my case, the ripeness seems to come from the little liner pads that are velcroed in there and soak up sweat and grease. Removing them for cleaning is pretty easy, but I haven’t had such great success with hand washing in the sink. Plus, that requires [...]

raleigh sports

A Brief History of Time divx
Brooks B66 saddle for my newest project — a 1972 Raleigh Sports. The paint job on this guy is a little rusty, but I’m gonna keep the original, and perhaps just refinish the fenders. Also on the TODO list: adding wire baskets, finding some nice lights, oh, and [...]