Sheldon Brown had some truly unique bikes. However, I think his fixed/free mountain bike is truly Blue Collar. If you have an old mountain bike lying around, it could be a fun project to spice up that local trail you’ve ridden hundreds of times.

My Hercules has a 165 mm Shimano 105 crankset, with […]

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Masi Guy. A beloved bicycle industry writer, blogger and guro - Tim Jackson. Hit the boards on the track earlier this week. He sustained a concussion, a broken rib and nearly severed his right thumb clean off. At the moment he has a blood clot […]

I guess this is sort of a follow up to the interview about the state of the bike industry but also a sociopolitical question. With the US government’s economic stimulus package coming in the mail this week, what do you plan to spend it on? Is any of it going to bikes? If you could […]

In the spirit of Earth Day today, a recycling post seems warranted. What to do with your old innertubes?
The guys over at BikeHacks have a post titled “1,000 Uses for the Inner Tube”, which links to an Instructables page with 20 uses. Personally I use a tube as a chainstay protector on my […]

“If you’re going to buy a bike, do it now”
I did a quick interview with Jill Hamilton of Haro Bikes talking about what’s going on in the industry and how prices are on their way up across the board.
It’s got a lot of good information that’s relevant to you.
Click Here to have a listen.

The wonderful folks behind Blue Collar MTB and the Crooked Cog network are heading to Sea Otter.  This four day event from, Wednesday, April 16 to ,Sunday, April 20 is where companies debut product that is to be launched in the spring instead of at the fall Interbike.
Posts will continue on all our sites so […]