Bike Hugger 

The finish of the first Tour de France with the first winner, Maurice Garin, at the right.

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This is the latest. What are you using?

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Well, I was waiting for it, and now Shimano just announced it a couple hours ago.

New XTR with 10sp double and triple cranks, new hydraulic brakes, and a new tubeless wheel system.

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p> It looks like Shimano will pursue both 2x10 drivetrains for XC and 3x10 for “trail” riding. The new crank design seems understated compared to previous offerings. Cassettes will be in either 11-34 or 11-36 offerings, with an updated “Shadow-type” rear derailleur. Pretty hot.

Just riding along, a ride I do along the i-90 lid, and there was Haulin’ Colin, his peeps from Madison Market, and the Bicycle-Powered Parade Float. I stopped and they did a quick demo:

I’m sure it was well received for Seattle’s Pride Parade.

This is filed under, crazy shit I see on the bike, along with just riding along, and sometimes I wonder if it’s the blog that moves me or the other way around.

There’s always a post to write from every ride I do.

Technote: shot with iPhone 4 HD video, initially edited with the iMovie App, and uploaded. The embedded movie in this post was imported from the iPhone and edited with iMovie HD.

Yeah yeah, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Twitter HQ, but what is that bike! Not that Scattante, the swoopy red one …

Photo from Getty Images, via Daylife.

Custom, wood wicker seat with adjustment dial. Nice.

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PC-1050 11-32 cassette

ST-7900 w/ Travel agents & V-brakes

Fizik Tundra

Fizik Cyrano

Jagwire sealed cable housing

Problem Solvers 26.0-to-31.8 handlebar shim

Hutchinson Piranha CX & Bulldog CX

Just riding along the Burke Gilman on a sunny, summer afternoon and met Andreas with his self-described shitty bike and panda mask, made an iPhone mobile video.

Also drafted behind a Mom with a trailer

wondered what STMB was – is that a rat or mongoose?

Barrel NY has made a Tall Bike Poster in Limited Quantities at $30.00 with free shipping. Check how they made the poster on their blog.

From Amsterdamize’s A Tale of Fixies & Cycle Chicas set on Flickr.

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