While planning on visiting Denver on “business” (teachers need to think of themselves as business people to be taken more seriously, so yes….I was on a business trip, but I will step down from that pulpit and talk about bikes.) I thought about staying within town and renting or borrowing a bike. It shouldnt be [...]
I had a bit of time to kill after some school site visits the other day, and I was looking for some time in the dirt. My ride from Tuesday was cut out by a colossal meeting between my dogs front tooth, the palm of my hand, and a trip to the local ER, so [...]
Not even close, but I guess it kind of started that way, and ended just the same. I went out on the Saturday morning ride with the Around Town Bikes folks and their crew. On my way to a ride I spotted two folks that I remember from last time I went out with them. [...]
If it ever stops raining and thundering around this place, there are a few Philly(ish) biking things going on this week.
On Wednesday 4/28 Breakaway bikes and Felt are offering a demo of F1’s, AR’s, B2’s, Nine Elite, Six Elite, Compulsion, and Virtues. Come out between 4 and 7 for this unique chance to ride some [...]
Spending a great spring day out with a bunch of like minded mountain bikers is one of the best ways to burn a few hours. When you are helping the trails and building relationships, it makes it exponentially better. Last Saturday was the PMBA sponsored Rally In The Valley, an annual day that serves as [...]
A few months ago, a friend of mine gave me some chain lube to test out. This lube caught my eye a few years ago because of the blatant yet creative rip off of a very very popular perfume. I never picked any up, because there were not a lot of shops carrying it, and [...]
Around mid winter, I put all of the MASS mountain bike races into my calendar and I start to build my spring/summer around them. I have not been back to Mountain bike racing except for once since I almost broke my neck two seasons ago. What is the equivalent of bar league softball is not [...]
I stepped back into the bike shop for a day of filling in on Sunday. It was like I was back on the horse. It was nice and easy for me. I sold a few bikes, and got some folks thinking about some new rides. When Brian showed up at the shop he had his [...]
A few weeks ago, Matt of Liberty Sports started to let me know about some of the events that were going on at the Endurance Sports Expo. He kept telling me that they were trying to fill some spots in something called a live field test.
Most of the live field tests that I hear about [...]
Last week at the Endurance Sports Expo Pat and I were given the opportunity to do a field wattage test. Those who don’t know what the Field test is let me explain. Our bikes were attached to computrainers (trainers that show wattage,displayed on to a screen) we had about 15 minutes [...]
