Aug 28, 2008 · 05:19 AM · permalink
And thinking about Fall, travel, single-speeds, Nexus, and our next project bike.
This weekend we’re off to Hang out with Hincapie Sportswear and blog the USPro Cycling Championships.
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Aug 26, 2008 · 06:32 PM · permalink
I found the joy of single speed cyclocross last year. So simple and so little to go wrong. This year I’ve got my single speed setup with easy-off fenders so I can run it as a rainy-day option.
The rain is coming, and I have a new bike on the way (November I’m told), but in the mean time I’ll be rolling slow and easy on my single speed. No derailleurs to rub, chain cleanliness is less important, and as long as I’m not in a big hurry I can keep a nice and easy 15mph pace all the way home. Can’t wait.
Aug 26, 2008 · 11:11 AM · permalink
This maybe a stupid idea, but I’m thinking of racing cross with the Bettie. The passenger could dismount with me, pick the bike up and over the barriers, and then push up the hills. Additionally, we could carry beer, pretzels, and a change of clothes with us when we get tired, wet, and cold.
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Aug 26, 2008 · 08:50 AM · permalink
In the back of a shop, in lonely corner of a mechanic’s bench, I spotted a framed Mustache Handlebar page from the 1992 Bridgestone Catalog.
“Bring Bridgestone back!,” is what I say.
Aug 25, 2008 · 08:56 AM · permalink
One of these years, Bike Hugger will travel to Burning Man …
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Aug 24, 2008 · 09:34 AM · permalink
With bikes from Redline, Bike Hugger is racing Cyclocross this year and blogging about Cross culture. Back in the day, way back in the formative years of Bike Hugger, I raced Cross for 2 seasons. At the time, the names were Norton, Grande, Undem, Rutledge, and others. Cross was just getting mainstreamed with a national series, a UCI race, and magazine coverage. Totally sucking at it — the Texas 2-step was my remount method — I eventually just focused on road.
In the Pacific Northwest, Cross is too big to ignore and we’ve got late season road racing this year at Interbike … so, here we go (cue Timerlake’s “bringing sexy back”) right into Cross season. Readers, please add your resouces, links, and thoughts in the comments.
Dialing the bikes in at Lincoln Park and watching the sunset.
Aug 24, 2008 · 07:52 AM · permalink
So want one of these! Rolling along the Mobile Social, all lit up … also noted that’s the first Chinese cyclist I’ve seen wearing a helmet and the Boing Boing blogger who was fascinated by the MonkeyLectric wheel light system, prolly just went, “whoa!”
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Aug 23, 2008 · 07:03 AM · permalink
It was a beautiful end of Summer day and time to get ready for Cyclocross.
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Aug 22, 2008 · 09:52 AM · permalink
When I was at Sycip Designs in Santa Rosa, Jeremy was in the midst of building up a bike with the Schlumpf internally-geared crankset. The Schlumpf has 2 speeds on a single chainring; you toggle from the 2 gear choices by tapping a button on the crankarm at the BB axis. This system is similar to the new SRAM/Truvativ crank for free-ride and downhill except the SRAM design uses a bar-mounted shifter and requires a specially designed frame.
Aug 22, 2008 · 07:49 AM · permalink
Bike Hugger was there for the Green Bike Project debut. Participants meet at South Lake Union and rode to REI’s Flagship store for a press conference with dignitaries. We spotted the Green Bike a few months ago and “haven’t seen that much green in Seattle since Hempfest!”
The participants covet their bikes and we weren’t able to ride one, but it’s a Novara Transfer with a nice, updated spec.
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