I’m getting bikes for two of my friends. I biked up a Bianchi Milano on Craig’s List for about $250. That’s a bargain. And lucky. But that still leaves my other friend. If anybody is trying to sell a good city bike for a guy around 5’10”, let me know. I bought a built 26″…
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My friend Jim in San Francisco needs a new bike and doesn’t want to build one himself. Can you blame him? I can’t, especially because his old bike got stolen from outside his house… after I rode it last. And, I hope and assume, locked it with his bad cable lock. My only fear was…
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Getting back to the original purpose of this blog. A man asks the following question in a comment below: Hi, I am from across the globe, Singapore. Came across your blog while searching for more information on Nexus 8 hub. Have a Nexus 8 sitting around. So how’s the ride the nexus?By the way, really…
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Wow! She’s beauty. The critic in me says (constructively, of course): 1) the cables housing need an inch or so trimmed–both front and rear for the rear brake, and the rear shifter too; 2) I personally don’t like front racks–I feel it affects the handling negatively; and 3) too bad there’s not a chain guard.…
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We’re going to pick up these bikes for Burning Man!
I put a new rear half-fender on my Bianchi. I thought it was pretty clever as there’s no clearence at the breaks to put on a proper fender. I have a half-assed fender there before, one of those that covers the top of the wheel. That is much better than nothing, as it stops water…
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It does occur to me that the bike I’m building for Zora is, not surprisingly, really a bike I want for myself. Despite the three bikes I have in my home here (I also have the Screaming Salmon in Boston, a fixed gear and the only bike of mine that actually has a name, and…
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This is Zora‘s old bike, modeling in my kitchen (how many bikes can my small place fit!?). We’ll call it the Tour de France. I forgot to mention that in addition to all the other problems, the front derailleur doesn’t work at all. I rode it back from Zora’s today. She’s out of town. I…
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Here’s one dream bike: And another: And a third: Or maybe something like this is better: But seriously… …or… Actually, this bike is close to my vision. Except it’s too big and in Cambridge, Mass. It’s being sold at Broadway Bike School, a block from where I used to live. I learned a bit about…
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