Here’s what you need to bike in the rain (and this list is in order of importance):1) have fenders.2) don’t wear glasses.3) don’t wear a cotton t-shirt.4) wear a hat (or helmet with that little “visor” thingy).5) have rain gear.6) bike slower. Get fenders. I mean, hell, you can even bike with an umbrella. They…
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I still feel very stupid for building 4 (count ’em, four) wheels incorrectly. Especially when I built wheels just fine before then. Anyway, I got to work on the Bluebird. While I had the rear wheel off, I put on a new rear cog with one fewer teeth. This will hopefully make 5th gear a…
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I took the Screamin’ Salmon over to the new bike store and talked to Andres. He’s going to hammer out the dent, hopefully. I expected him to do it in front of me and talk my ear off. But he was very professional about it, somewhat to my disappointment. But I asked him about my…
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One of the problems with New York is there really aren’t many good bike stores. A good bike store has two qualities: 1) they know more about my bike than I do, and 2) I trust their mechanic with my bike. A lot of bike repair is simple, but time consuming. It’s easy to imagine…
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So much bike work, not enough biking. So around midnight I decided to enjoy my new moustache handlebars and bike around Central Park (one of the nice things about living in New York City, at least when the main loop road isn’t open to cars). Coming off the bridge, on 60th Street right around Madison…
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I don’t really need a big living space. But it would be nice to have a workshop (or a guestroom… or an office). But the living room must suffice for all. When I’m in the middle of bike work, it become a mess. And this picture is after the bike has been removed from the…
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There’s a meta-site of bike blogs. Of course there is.
Katie may have a nice frame from between 1983 and 1986. Confirmed, I think, by the Dia Comp rear brake. http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-99546 “I believe the Del Rey was Fuji’s top of the line sport touring bike when it was first introduced. “ “I have a 1983 Del Rey, and I’m pretty sure it was the first…
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Just cause I don’t post much doesn’t mean I’m not busy building bikes. My friend Katie needed a bike. She was pretty jealous of the Bluebird, as she should be. So I said, what the hell, I’ll put together a little something for you. This one I tried to do on the cheap. But that…
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The Screamin’ Salmon has news look! Of course almost nobody reading this knows the old look. But let me tell you about the Screamin’ Salmon. This bike was originally built and named in Boston by my friend Ryan Tacy. It was also ridden by John Gertsen. I underpaid one of them (I think Tacy) back…
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