I’ve watched Jens Voigt’s crash on TdF stage 16 no less than 30 times, and while it’s tempting to want to cry J’accuse! before those…
Mark V
On the Ave; Raleigh Twenty
Last week I saw this in the U-District. It’s a Raleigh Twenty, I think late 1960s. After the success of Alex Moulton’s small-wheeled Moulton Standard,…
Funny Bikes (not funny hah hah)
You don’t see too many bicycles with a front wheel smaller than the rear. In the hundred plus years since the modern chain-driven bicycle came…
Ask BikeHugger: Disc Brake Conversion
LOOKING TO SEE IF I CAN CONVERT A BIKE FRAME TO DISC BRAKES IS THERE ADAPTER- DARYL Well, Daryl, the one that seems to be…
Motor at Joe’s
Yesterday morning I decided I needed naan bread for lunch, so I stopped by Trader Joe’s in the U-District for a bag of curry-flavoured naan.…
Dropbar MTB, pt 6: Update, Soma Junebug bars
It’s time for an update on my dropbar mtb. I’ve been running it for several months with the FSA 2×9 crankset and Jtek derailleur adapter,…
From the Bike Shop: Repair Oddities
If you’ve been a mechanic for a long while, you’ll have come across some odd things. Take this t. We pulled it out of a…
2010 Raleigh Record Ace
First off, next year will be 2010. Now, when you read that, did you say Two Thousand Ten? Get with the program, it’s read as…
Motorpacer Scooter
I have this one fantasy where I am fabulously wealthy, live in an architecturally elegant yet not too big house, and have a live-in housekeeper…
Kind bars
Recently I sampled some of these . Fruit and nut bars that taste extra yummy. Frankly, I don’t like stuff that’s too sweet or chocolaty, and…