It snowed in Seattle. It snowed a lot. I rode my dropbar mtb all over the town. Streets were ghostly. The ground was white and…
Mark V
tall bike in Portland
Last week I saw this tall bike wheeling about town while I was on my way to the PDX train station. Does anybody ride these…
Shimano Tech Seminar: Candy for Trackie
Last Thursday in Portland, Shimano brought their tech seminar national tour to the Northwest. Besides explaining all about the new Dura Ace 7900 and the…
Bicycle sidecar
This is bike with sidecar basket is sweet. The bike is what is sometimes called a cycle truck (or if you’re British, a cycle lorry)…
Shimano recognizes Cyclocross
This is a 46tooth chainring for Dura Ace 7800. Shimano introduced this item without any fanfare, but this is the first item that Shimano ever…
Cargo Bikes and Stone Tablets Pt3
Last time we were having it out with longtail cargo bikes. Longtails are all over the internet blogs, but now we’ll talk about a much…
Dropbar MTB, pt 2
Continuing from Pt1, I want to put a dropbar on an mtb, but one needs a plan to get around the many pitfalls. The first…
Cargo Bikes and Stone Tablets Pt2
Alright, last week I laid down a system for categorizing cargo bikes, as God had commanded me. Perhaps the system doesn’t quite recognize every little…
“Leash” as a verb (with negative connotations)
Have you ever been “doored”? You know exactly what I mean, even though the word door isn’t usually considered a verb in the English language.…
Dropbar MTB, pt 1
Long ago the mountain bike evolved from balloon tire bicycles into capable offroad machines. Or perhaps Gary Fisher invented them (but many people don’t believe…