I’ve been traveling a lot for work lately (hence the lack of posts) but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been riding.  I have found some great (and not so great) rental shops in almost all of my destinations.  In most places, I was able to rent decent quality bikes, but the ride is [...]

Have you ever found yourself on the trail without your trusty tire lever?  Perhaps you left on your bench at home, or it fell out of your seat bag that you forgot to zip up (again!).  Or maybe you don’t use tire levers but you just can’t get your riding buddies tire off without a [...]

A buddy at work has been complaining aboout chain suck on his race bike and asked for some suggestions.  I gave him a response typical of many shop mechaincs, “just file off the burrs on the teeth of chainrings and you should be good.”  He tried it, and came back telling me he still had [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It isn’t often that you plan to sit or walk in the wilderness with your bicycle. Breaking a chain on the trail with out the right tools can be disaster. If you are riding a further distance than you feel comfortable walking you should have a couple key items.
Chain tool [...]