http://ridelugged.com A site about lugs, tan sidewalls, maybe jazz, classical, punk and bluegrass, local riding, worldly riding and people, cool cats, lame ducks, 110 bcds, wool, and smelling like hell after a long ride. Tue, 20 May 2008 19:23:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Consider some problems faced by Manzini Cyclery, a small U.S. maker of custom bicycles: 1) In December 2002, when the exchange rate was $1 per Euro, Manzini ordered parts for next year’s production from Campagnolo. They agreed to a price of 500,000 euros, to be paid when the parts were delivered in ... http://ridelugged.com/2008/05/20/the-ride-lugged-school-of-bidnez-man/ so route slip became the beached whale that is left to die on the sands of new jersey and is looted by tourists and inuit wannabes.  they sort of stopped providing support, and rolled over and lost all my routes, which was a lot of routes.  thats what you get ... http://ridelugged.com/2008/05/15/map-my-ride/ Day 1 – 88km (preride: 1.5 ham and cheese sandwiches, water, orange juice, slow release vitamin C capsule) 1 water bottle with energy drink, 1 with water ham and cheese sandwich on buttered roll, 1 pack Clif Bloks pork chop steak with potato wedges 2 - 17oz beers, 12oz Coke 2 cups of tea Day 2 – ... http://ridelugged.com/2008/05/04/roughly-a-weeks-caloric-intake/ _ so this guy was stamped out august 1991, and I have retired him today. it seems that I have actually worn this poor saddle out. a near fatal collision with a incorrectly labeled drive-thru canopy in North Carolina left it a bit worse for the wear almost 9 years ago, but ... http://ridelugged.com/2008/05/03/so-long-to-dear-friend-aka-jra/ 1. to pedal a bicycle along the edge or gutter of a rugged or rutted path in an attempt to find less demanding, smoother passage. ex. I just rode 500km from Prague to Vienna, and some of the roads were so rough I had to paris-roubaix that shit. http://ridelugged.com/2008/05/03/paris-roubaix-pa-re-ro-ba-verb/ . . . . Mel has been riding some sugino xd 500s for a while now, but for some reason, no matter what, they get chain suck. not every ride, not every shift, but sometimes it happens. And its not her fault. I rode it and the same thing sporatically happens to ... http://ridelugged.com/2008/05/02/long-silences-dont-mean-i-have-not-been-doing-things-riding-places-finding-stuff-packing-up-plotting-or-doing-lawn-maintenance-so-forget-those-bad-thoughts-and-read-on/ Sweat this: DC is the first city in Mmmerika to have a bike sharing program. Stockholm has had this for years already and it works quite well, though it seems to be used more by tourists than Sthlmers, who would presumably have their own bikes. http://ridelugged.com/2008/04/27/furzt-sit-tee/ yo yo yogurt and mc stammer are hosting the first and last 24 hours big bear mtn biking 'training' ride in patapsco valley state park, avalon area, this saturday, from 9 am to sunset.  there will be:  four rides of about 10-8 miles each, fishing, grilling, (can we eat the ... http://ridelugged.com/2008/04/22/weekend-fishy-grilled-beer-race/ . By the light of the day the pimp's yellow ochre suit is plain beige. The rotting wooden trailer out front is the same emerald green as the swing that sat under the willow tree for years after the willow had blown down in a windstorm, 15 feet from the ... http://ridelugged.com/2008/04/21/day-ridea-tale-of-two-one-point-fives/ In honor of a bike that I really miss riding, here is a creepy montage of Merckx crashing. http://ridelugged.com/2008/04/21/miss-that-bitch/