On the shelf A new book on the shelf at Hugga HQ is Transformations: Stories of Success from Authors, Innovators, and Small Businesses Thriving on…
2014
Selle Anatomica: Saddles Made in the USA
When Chunkyflyrite emailed, “saddles made in the USA.” I replied, “you’re a liar.” Then, what? And, “I had NO idea that ANY saddle was made…
Tour of Flanders: Iconic, A Monument
Devolder collage As Patrick said to me… The thing about Flanders is that it’s all about short steep hills, enough of them that one finally…
Windows 8.1 and Lumia Updates
Rolling the Strip with Terns and Nokias Lots of tech news today from a new set top box from Amazon to Windows 8.1. We’ve been…
UCI: Fatbikes in Winter Olympics, Banned from MTB Races
April Fool’s Fun from Bike Hugger In a controversial move, the UCI Technical Committee in Switzerland has proposed to limit tyre widths within UCI-sanctioned mtb…
Cycle-Series Continua
An art show wished I’d seen and missed here in Seattle. Heard about it too late, but it was Cycle-Series Continua is a set of…
Rode a Darkling Rain to the Feed Hill
Rode Through a Darling Rain It was a darkling rain I rode through, gloomier with each storm cell and mile. Feed Hill Then a hill…
What’s Mark V Working on Now?
He’s got a Wanderlust Doing something With calipers As it was explained to me Doing research. A scientist’s foundation is research…even if you’re a mad…
Epic Beef Bar Prank
Someone at Hugga HQ must’ve overheard me talking about Issue 11 of our Magazine and the April Fools theme, ‘cause in the bar drawer was…
Friction Drilling
This is how they make the holes in Mavic Ksyrium SL rims and other similar rims where the nipples thread directly into the rim. It’s…