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It was seriously like we were on some sort of team of something. It was a good weekend for riding. The weather wasn’t outrageously cold, although it was definitely colder than it initially seemed. Dave, Aaron and I got our act together for a Sunday morning spin. ...

What another glorious day to skip out of work and play bikes. My winter shop hours are sort of skewed in my favor that way, and with temps hovering in the mid 40s, it became necessary to ride. It also is our good friend Cris’ birthday, so we had to go. ...

I will have to admit, that even I didn’t think you could fit that many in the tin. The answer is 398 bottle caps. Most of them were Harpoon, followed closely by Sierra Nevada. There were quite a few High Life’s in there, a couple of PBR, and even some Molson. What does that tell you? We...

After a week away, I had quite a bit of catching up to do. Orders to ship, phone calls to return etc, I thank all of the patient folks out there for bearing with me during the last week. For some odd reason, the internet business seems to go gangbusters while I’m away. ...

Recent weather and scheduling has left me very little free time to do any actual riding, but I did manage to sneak in a couple of quick rides to try and get a better first impression of what the new WTB Wolverine is all about...

What a fun ride! While it was not much more than our usual group that attended, it certainly was a good time. There were some good costumes, and I felt pretty lame with my last minute “zombie bike rider” get up. We...

Kinda like Spring Cleaning, but for bikes. I’ve been putting the finishing touches on just about all of my bikes, getting them dialed in just the way I like them, so they can sit around all winter. They need to be ready to go in case something comes up and I need to call on their services. ...

How about the mysterious “Weapon X“, just recently released by WTB? I’m talking, of course, about the WTB Wolverine 29er tire. At Interbike 2008, my rep had told me that there would be a 29er version of their successful 26″ Wolverine tire coming out soon. Sadly,...

Actually, this post is rated XX. ...

Cycle des Spectres October 30, 2009 – Waterbury, VT Ever ride at dusk or in the night and around every turn is lurking a menacing dark shadow. A shady, mist of a figure. Chills running down your spine. A bear? A moose? Something else, totally unknown, totally spooky. ...

Well, now that “the 50″ is over, I don’t really have much on the immediate horizon. I have enjoyed my recent sloth, and will continue to do so for the next couple of weeks. The local weather authorities are crying for our first snow tonight! I so don’t care about that. This i...

I had ordered up a set of aluminum spoked I9 wheels for Kermit to bring out to Durango for SSWC, but because of the level of complexity on the colors I chose, I didn’t end up getting them in time. ...

I recently had the opportunity to check out two new bikes that are bound to be a big hit in 2010 from Gary Fisher over at Catamount. It was a great place to try out some new hardware on semi familiar terrain. First and foremost, I got some serious saddle time on the new Fisher Rumblefish...

The VT 50 was so muddy… … how muddy was it? Really F*n muddy. This is what my bike looked like before I cleaned it, but after it had spent an hour and a half in the back of an open truck bed in a rainstorm on the interstate after the “race” . I had ...