This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb – Front Seat Solidarity
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This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb – Convertible
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Detours
So it’s interesting (although obvious, I guess) that the places where there are problems with navigation and with the quality of the trail are the places where for one reason or another it has been diverted from the old interurban railroad right-of-way. Rail roadbeds make good bike trails. When the roadbed gets cut by a …
This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb – Three Way Tie For A Fifth
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Multi-Day Tours
SELECTED MULTI-DAY BIKE TOURS Puget Sound & Islands Henderson p. 23 7 days, 215 miles – flat, possibly boring? North Cascades Highway Henderson p. 40 2 days, 130 miles – 9,300 ft. gain (a good training ride) – could be combined with something in the Okanogan Grand Coulee & Potholes Henderson p. 55 …
Bike Gearing
K2 “Zed” – 26 in wheel 11 13 15 17 20 23 26 30 22 52.0 44.0 38.1 33.6 28.6 24.9 22.0 19.1 32 75.6 64.0 55.5 48.9 41.6 36.2 32.0 27.7 42 99.3 84.0 72.8 64.2 54.6 47.5 42.0 36.4 Specialized “Hardrock” – 26 in wheel 11 13 15 18 21 24 28 24 …
Will’s Mountain Bike
I thought that it would be fun to turn Will’s little red Novara Amiga into a bike that was actually useful. I went to Recycled Cycles to see how much a full-sized used frame would cost and found a new 18 inch Raleigh aluminum frame for $20. I bought it and took everything off of …
Road Bikes
Road Bikes Mountain Bikes WILL Will rides a 2001 Novara Randonee touring bike. Shimano components pedals without clips or straps “mountain bike” gearing (52-42-30 in front with eight sprockets in the back) 700 x 32 tires Specialized cyclometer MEC Seratus handlebar bag wedge bag tool kit under the seat planet bike flashing red LED …
2023 – Portugal
From September 26th to October 17th Jerry and Odette rode the tandem on a loop in Southern Portugal, followed by a week of sightseeing in Lisbon Odette wanted to go to Portugal. It seemed like everyone we knew was going there this year. She settled on Elsewhere (the Lonely Planet product) based on their website and …
2023 – Amsterdam
Between April 16th and May 8th Odette and Jerry rode the tandem from Amsterdam to Bruges (and back) and then explored Amsterdam for a week Holland is flat. Flatter than Berlin. After our trip to Mallorca, Odette admitted that touring on individual bikes wasn’t realistic. She went looking for someplace flat for …