From the category archives:

Maintenance and Repair

Regarding bicycles, men are from Mars, women are from Venus

30 November 2010

I had a lovely woman come into the studio yesterday and we discussed gears on bicycles and how they worked. Apparently she didn’t know how to use them and nobody helped her learn. This post is to all the women in the world who get frustrated with bicycles and elitist riders who make them feel [...]

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KGS Bikes – Campy 11 Speed Chain warning from Campagnolo

7 November 2010

I seem to build more Campagnolo equipped bikes than anything else. The new 11 speed chains are narrower than ten speed chains and have a very expensive installation tool that was extraordinarily difficult to obtain. I was desperate and ordered from multiple sources and now have two! Subject: Installation of CAMPAGNOLO 11s CHAINS Dear Customer, [...]

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Oregon pondering rolling stops for bikes

18 March 2009

I have always been a proponent of carefully rolling through stop signs after checking for oncoming traffic. This has been followed with a “statement of civil disobedience” because I felt that bicycles are fundamentally different than cars when it comes to intersections. When combining the facts that cyclists approach intersections more slowly, have better ability [...]

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