it feels much more appropriate to say that it is currently -10 degrees! (14°F just isn’t quite as impressive.) anyway, we have about 8cm (π”) of fresh snow in the city now, after a good snowfall all day yesterday. and it was -13 (8°F) when I rode home from work. quite fun playing in the [...]

Jim over at Cyclofiend (huge gallery of ridelugged approved bikes) is putting together a 2009 Calendar.  My XO is in it, so you know it’s good!  Don’t know what to get Nick or Rob for xmas?  Here ya go!  Affordable and sexy!  Gives any cubicle that ‘straight from the brazing booth’ look. If my attempt [...]

what does this cat have to do with the xmas party?  everything. The When: 13th, 7.30ish The Where: 5 East 7th St, Frederick MD 21701 The Who: You and your buddies. The Wassail: Bizzarely, Joe has it covered.  But you can bring some beer, or wine, if that’s your thing. (also accounted for is egg [...]

Um.  Hmm.  Oh.  Ok.  The Happy Yum Yum Ride will start at 5 East 7th street, where you will indulge in coffee, tea, hot chocolate, peppermint schnapps, whiskey on the rocks, (AC/DC?) cocaine…we’re gunna roll outta here, like pedal to the metal, at like…. 9.30…that’s AM, slacker.  Um we’re gunna ride some, a little bit, [...]

the second coming of christ marcel bethret’s pedal design is here!  and by the raddest us maker of rad US bits there is.  obviously those red droplets are from other manufactures crying bloodly tears.  king releases a lame external bb, and white smashes them with this super nice pedal.  also, is that a white toe [...]

. . . . . so we had a super good turn out for the scramble.  dave got points for driving the furthest to get here.  phil got points for riding a bike that would give a cory townie a run for its money (crappynesswise).  way to many people showed up on fixed gears and [...]

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this guy makes some cool bikes…new, but not particularly new-fangled. me likey! my favorite of the bunch… via prolly

Hackel Bury Fine Art – Seydou Keita My wife really loves this photographer. There are portraits with bikes so I figured it’s relevant.

So you may have seen a post last year about some training obstacles I set up in my backyard to help Christine improve her bike handling skills. This year I added another rock/log pile for her to crawl over and she tried it out today. Here’s the shots… The course overall…over one pile, around the [...]