Posted in bike geekery, cycling on Apr 20th, 2010
I saw this styling bicycle for sale on Craigslist. This is where classic ‘retro’ components, frames and carefully selected new parts can get you. A handsome city bike, for sure. Well looky that… I saw this on the Two Serious Bikes blog a few weeks ago. See how much stuff you can load on a low-trail [...]
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Posted in bike geekery, cycling on Apr 19th, 2010
I’ve added a link to a new blog connected to an “old” site that I visit once in a while: Cyclofiend. Of particular interest (well to me, anyway!) is the current classics gallery. If you like lugged steel, aluminium fenders, leather saddles and canvas bike bags have a look at the more than 700 bikes. Yes, it’s [...]
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Posted in bike geekery, cycling on Mar 2nd, 2010
Via the Lazy Randonneur (and others), an illustrated article about the making of a Brooks saddle.
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Posted in bike geekery, cycling on Jul 9th, 2009
For those of you that like classic bikes, have a look at Adam Hammond’s blog Two Serious Bikes. He’s got quite the eye for classic bicycle styles and interesting parts. I like bikes (duh) and classic looking bikes, but this guy is really quite picky and knows his stuff. I’m happy if I can get parts [...]
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Posted in bike geekery, commuting, cycling on Jan 30th, 2009
So it’s the dead of winter and I’m not doing much, if any riding. This is the time of year when I daydream about bikes. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what I’d like to do on a bike and fabricating reasons why my current bikes don’t fit the bill. Something I’ve been [...]
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