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DALMAC Starts Today!
September 01, 2010 - DALMAC starts today. OK, so I should've posted about it in February when the sign-up happens, but, whatever, here's props to the coolest bike event in Michigan!
It's a decades-old multi-day tour that starts from Lansing and ends in Mackinaw City. It's affordable and it's been around forever. I wish I coulda been there. (I've... > Read
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Bicycle Times #7: Worksman "USA Made" Industrial Bikes Interview
August 31, 2010 - The #7 issue of BT just arrived. Cover stories are: the making of a commuter bike and an interview with America's oldest bike company, Worksman.
This here's a mag about everyday biking. Indeed, the cover features a lively young lady in t-shirt and jeans on a low-budget utility bike (with a rear rack and downtube shifters, no l... > Read
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My Heroes of the Tour Divide
August 06, 2010 - My heroes of the TD are...
Deana Adams
and
Blaine Nester
Why?
Sure, there are lots of stand-outs in this race. But those two stick with me.
Deana did it in 2009 with a homebuilt road bike conversion fixie with 'cross tires and a big gear and slapdash equipment. She was 20 years old. And a vegan. Come on! ...She ... > Read
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Bike Helmet in the Heat:: UGH!
August 04, 2010 - I did a club ride yesterday up here. It went out of the Pedaling Coffee cafe at Lake Leelenau. About 50 riders of all levels and kinds. It was a great, fun ride with chatting afterward.
It was a hot, humid, sunny evening. I wore my helmet since it looked like every one else was. I did notice that it looked like one guy wasn't.... > Read
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Neat Xtracycle Bonus Features
August 04, 2010 - Saw this Xtracycle rig on a roof the other day. It looks like they've added a few items so they can carry a passenger or two. > Read
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The Roots of the Tour Divide...
July 02, 2010 - It might just be me, but a dose of backgrounding has been a helpful supplement to the "live" reports during the ace.
We've all been through some challenges in this edition of TD -- racers and spectators alike. Yes, racers aren't the only ones provoked, inspired ... changed ... by a race like this.
Last year my eye was attract... > Read
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"Momentum" #45, May/June: NYC snob revealed
June 20, 2010 - [$3 mailed sample issue.]
Heck, even the ADS in this new breed of bike mags are sweet. Bike culture rules!
This issue of "Mo," the bike culture mag from Canada, features...
*Detroit!
*Electric bikes
*Bike Snob interview
*Lotsa summer touring info and reports!
Plus dozens of sidebars in 9x11" and 50 pages.
A p...
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"Bicycle Quarterly" Summer 2010: issue overview
June 19, 2010 - [Click on link to order this issue for $8.50 from the "BQ" publisher. An annual subscription is $30.]
"BQ" is distinctive, some might say quirky, but it's also a magazine that cares enough about enthusiast cycling to be candid and to push -- despite a micro-budget -- for a relevant level of clarity about the still-murky subject ... > Read
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"Bicycle Quarterly" Spring 2010: issue overview
June 19, 2010 - (This issue is available direct from the publisher at the above link for $8.50. Subscriptions are $30 a year.)
This magazine is tough, diverse and hardcore! And this issue is just jam-packed full of amazing contents. Check out the details below, but the main features line-up only covers 2/3's of the amazingly fresh content here. ... > Read
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RAAM: Three Recumbent Teams Doing Great!
June 16, 2010 - It's a great year for recumbents at RAAM.
Barbara Buatois of France is in the lead -- on a recumbent -- by a couple hundred miles, approx., at TS 38, 2138 miles into it. I can't find any Splits info or Commentating as relates to the 9 day (and a few hours) women's overall record. Does BB have a chance at it? She's a rookie racer ... > Read
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Tour Divide is On the Trail!
June 15, 2010 - The TD started last Friday. The day before that the organizer gave me the keys to the car for their homepage, said "Post some things!" then went off and started racing. Since then I've figured out a few news items to post. It's a thrill coz I've never done this kind of thing before. But what fun!
Head on over to http://tourdivid... > Read
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"Bicycle Dreams": the first movie about RAAM
June 14, 2010 - [bump from 9/09] Stephen Auerbach is a Hollywood director who seems to have busted-loose and is now indie. He made big stuff, now he's going more up close and personal.
A few years ago he made a popular TV documentary on the Race Across America nonstop transcontinental bike race, getting NBC's highest ratings ever for a bike eve... > Read
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Viva le Tour! ...Keeping those Roots Alive
June 11, 2010 - Here's the result of an accidental meeting at a bike race.
Photos of a guy's collection of TdF bikes and memorabilia.
There's a feel here that connects you back to the roots of all this. Especially those old bikes with the leather grips... He actually has the FIRST winning bike...
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?6... > Read
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"Velo": photo book of bike culture
June 10, 2010 - A German coffee-table type of book of bike culture just hit these shores. 235 pages of high-end photography covering the whole scope of world bike culture. 8" x 10" format. Thick paper, sewn soft binding.
It's a whirlwind tour, running back'n'forth among everything bike. There's no overt organization, just color, life and bikes.... > Read
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"Boneshaker": a bike culture almanac
June 10, 2010 - When an OYB 7-Way bag customer mentioned digging into his new issue of "Boneshaker: a Basic Field Manual for Utility Riding" I knew I had to check it out.
Basically, it's a bike culture journal. It's a bit like "Urban Velo" only smaller (yet) in format and with lengthier articles and essays. More meat/text/literaryness. (...Not t... > Read
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"Bike Snob": the book of the sassy blog
June 10, 2010 - BikeSnobNYC is a funny blog that pokes fun of bike hipsterism, trying as cleverly as it can to keep bikers connected to the real world, even one that includes fashion. The anonymous author has been dismayed by the bike fads among fresh-faced lads and lasses that push reckless spending and danger. No need!, he says. Think!
Well, ... > Read
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Tall Bike Fever!
June 09, 2010 - Tall bikes have been around for years now and are quite popular. They're made in lots of ways but it seems like they're starting to become more dialed in. People are now REALLY using them.
The most amazing use of Tallbikes, I think, is the Cyclown Circus. I just saw some pics of them in the new bike book, "Velo: Bicycle Culture a... > Read
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Lake Pepin 3-Speed Tour: a few photos
June 09, 2010 - My brother and his pals -- the 3 grumpy old men -- drove 14 hours a month ago to Minnesota and did a 2-day vintage 3-speed bike tour near Red Wing with about 50 others. They cycled about 40 miles a day and enjoyed several tea-party breaks along the way. Interestingly, my bro is approx 45, Lenny is 65 and Bob is 95 -- give or take a ... > Read
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A DIY Bike Book for the Gals: Julie Harrell's "A Woman's Bike Book"
June 09, 2010 - Julie Cruiser just came out with a new bike book for women. But it's good for anyone to read. It's an expanded new edition of her earlier bike book. She's published it herself. It's intended as a personal view of one gal's life in bikes and the way that she's learned to share what she knows with other women. She's worked many years ... > Read
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Diverse Bike Tech Book: "The Cycle Zoo"
June 09, 2010 - Stephen Nurse is a bike buff and builder. He's invented a modular bike that uses a plug'n'play system to create a bunch of different bikes -- single upright, tandem, load-hauler, recumbent, and mixed 'bent/upright tandem -- it looks like you can even make triples and such with it.
He also recently self-published a bike tech book ... > Read
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