Archive for May, 2007

praha je krásná

Prague is pretty.
Plus beer is cheap and good.
You should come visit.

There are over 1.4 billion bicycles in service today

more “infographics”

It’s all been done before….

I’ve had this for years now… if you haven’t seen this already, it’s inspirational to see a guy 100 years ago riding a brakeless fixed gear 29er and doing things that are still relevent today.
” what comes around goes around kid…”
Fixed gear freestyler circa 1900
I would bet money that this is somehow a relative of [...]

Hutch’s next bike

Here’s the bike that Hutch will be riding next year on road rides with us. For those who have never seen this in person, it’s wheel size is 350 which is basically a 14″ wheel. It was made by Libertas in the early 70’s and very few made it over from Italy. This bike was [...]

Hutch got a bike

Christine came home from Tar-jei today with this thing…I instantly upgraded it and made it dope!

He’s rockin’ it…already…pushing around and balancing and practicing his dismount.

and if that wasn’t showing off enough for you…check this;
Hutch on you tube
I don’t know how to embed these things so you’ll just have to link…check out my other vids too [...]

Pictures from the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race

For more info go here.

Here is a link to more pictures.

J-hops?

Excerpt from J-Hop-on-a-Mountain-Bike
This guide will tell you how to easily bunny hop with a mountain bike within approximately 1-2 weeks with practice.
Steps
1. Start riding on your bike at a comfortable pace, maybe 4-6mph. Keep yourself in the center of the bike at first.
2. Bend down and lean forward a [...]

pavé

Paris-Roubaix has nothing on my Nusle-Centrum.
There are some sick cobbles, here. The last km on the way home has a 750m section with two types of granite belgian block cobbles that will rattle your teeth and test the capabilities of my lugged steel bike’s dampening abilities.
BTW, the pros know whats up. You’ve gotta ride on [...]

May 19 Ramble Update!

of no interest to anyone but locals and myself: i recently tried ye ol’e pre-ride of various parts of the route. synagog gap rd is closed, so that chunk had to be rethought. i tried anouther dirt alternative, but it was super steep, and i had to push the bike up long [...]

Petřín hill

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So we went for a walk in the city the other evening, and found some cool stuff. On Petřín hill (where there is a strange little Eiffel tower knock-off and the US embassy) we saw this cool graffiti where a old wall had been patched a couple of times leaving a perfect canvas for the [...]