I thought this was like, the greatest sign in the world,


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I'm in the process of planning my travels/bike touring for this year and my route will include Cayoosh pass in British Columbia which has a climb of 1060m in 14km and a grade of up to 15%. This is almost twice as steep and also higher than I've done on previous tours. Has anyone ever done anything like this on a loaded touring bike? Anyone here ( Read more... )

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Dude doing trials riding and a backflip on a vintage women's frame bicycle (and stopping to bend it back into shape.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W-rAv43UFnA

manintheboat and I went to Spain and Portugal. I took pictures. There were other things there than bikes... but not much that was important.

So here's what I saw.

Bike with a child carrier that was being used instead of a seat.

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This is one of the best tallbike builds I've seen, and the project build page is very well done and full of details.


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This might sound like a stupid question but what to do when a chain starts skipping all the time? Just replace the chain?

Hey all -- I'm in a bit of a bind lately on the money front. House, kid, car -- I'd call it the "thirtysomething plight", but right now, we're all kinda up against it. And the thing is, I need to buy some framebuilding equipment.

So I've pulled together a t-shirt design based on the new (and finalized) Pallas Athena headbadge, and I'm taking pre ( Read more... )

Good evening, Bike Pirates!

Yesterday, I sold my pickup truck. The only vehicles I now own are my bicycle and an old skateboard behind my friend's couch.


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