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They then bake the bike to bond the materials. The mountain bike frame weighs 2.6 pounds. The new Ascend road bike weighs 1.8.
But a bit rich for my blood.
And I still like steel.
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Bike Pic
I completely re-did the bar and braking system on the Paramount, which I ride every day as my commuter bike.
In this case, I added a Nitto Albatross bar (designed by Grant Peters at Rivendell), Shiman Dura-Ace bar end shifters (which I keep set in frictionless mode), solid carved cork handlebar grips, cloth bar tape, and […]
Please, Don’t Do It
Report: Lance to return for ‘09 Tour de France
Sigh. This is terrible news.
It’s sad that sports heroes become so addicted to the adulation and competition that they tarnish their own careers and legacies by stretching things out until they become pathetic travesties of the greatness that was once theirs alone.
Lance! will end up as […]
Saturday Blabber
This is the kind of San Francisco day I love - bright, clear, sunny, high seventies. I’m sitting at a Starbucks (right here, where the pile of stuff is, on the table -
Sucking down a tall house java, people and dog watching. I’m on my bike, yeah - here’s the Steady Schwinn, tied […]
Hypocritical Mass
Via Ace we have the tale of an out-of-control biker gang.
According to Jamieson, as the Critical Mass group moved down the street, blocking traffic, some riders got in the way of the Subaru and prevented it from leaving. Some bikers sat on the car and were banging on it, he said.
“The driver was pretty fearful […]
Are You Authorized?
Is Shimano engaged in a price-fixing scheme?
It sure looks like it.
Former Tour De France Riders Fess Up To Doping
1996 Tour winner Bjarne Riis admitted doping a day after two of his former teammates did so:
(Erik) Zabel and Rolf Aldag, ’stars’ of what has been the most popular cycling documentary in decades, Hell on Wheels, a film that follows the Telekom team in the 2003 Tour de France, described their experiences with […]
Bike Bling
I forked out for these Crank Bros. Candy 4ti pedals for my road ride.
At first I intended to get the Quattro 4ti, but the Candy at 198g is a tad lighter than the Quattro at 226g. Also, the spindle housing on the Candy is slimmed down to not interfere with an MB shoe, […]
Depends On Whether It’s SF’s Critical Massholes Or Not…
How do you enjoy a bunch of skinny dudes tooling around on bikes?
Big Al Maviva explains .
Landis Fighting To Keep Tour Title
This article explains that the doping case against Landis seems seriously flawed.
He hasn’t officially lost his Tour de France title yet, and by the looks of things there’s a real chance he’ll keep it. His commercial value as a professional rider will be in doubt for a while if he returns to competition, though, […]
Two Wheels And Pedal Power Is All It Takes
Bicycle Musings: Citizen’s Maiden Voyage
There you have view of the Citizen Alloy, 6 speed, 20 inch silver frame assembled and folded into its carrying case. Pretty neat both ways. It is a bit bulkier than I’d hoped. Great for travel, as when I have to go to Arizona and speak later this year, but […]
Old Guys, Rejoice!
At the Mt. Washington bike race, which attracted 600 riders, world-class Tour de France rider Tyler Hamilton came first. Read to learn who was second:
Tyler Hamilton, who’s been suspended from sanctioned races for the past two years, returned to the White Mountains Saturday to win the only race he has been free to ride […]
Judicious Biking
From the Off-Topic section:
Daily Pundit
Ho-boy. Check out this:
Yesterday at the Multnomah County Courthouse the law came down against fixed gear bicycles.
On June 1, 2006 Portland bike messenger Ayla Holland was given a ticket for allegedly violating Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 815.280(2)(a) which states,
“A bicycle must be equipped with a brake that enables the operator to […]
I Am So Unsurprised
A few days ago I wrote:
One happy thought: How insane with rage the Euros will go if an American rider wins the tour, and makes it eight straight for the Yanks. If Floyd wins, look for the doping accusations to surface the next day from the usual set of whining losers.
Now, today comes this report: […]
New Bike Pics
Here are the latest pics of the 1976 Paramount P-10 single speed rebuild. I promise no more until or unless I get the thing repainted and rechromed, which is the only thing remaining to complete the job.
Here are a couple of snaps of the original Weinmann brakes that came stock with this model of […]
Tour Update: Landis Will Win
Barring mishap, Floyd Landis will win the Tour de France tomorrow. During today’s Stage 19 Individual Time Trial he performed approximately as expected by gaining a substantial cushion over the two riders still ahead of him yesterday (Pereiro and Sastre), and keeping a comfortable margin on Kloden.
After yesterday, the top four were:
1 Oscar Pereiro
2 Carlos […]
The Second Coming Of Floyd
Yesterday, Floyd Landis bonked early in the seventeenth stage and went on to lose eight and ten minutes to his main GC competitors. At the end of the day he was in a distant 11th place.
Every rider fears such a meltdown. It can strike out of the blue, and result from the cumulative […]
Landis Back In Contention
Tour de France 2006
Floyd Landis may have crumbled in stage 16 but today he proved that he is a true fighter. He attacked at the base of the first of five climbs and raced onward to Morzine to claim a fine victory in one of the most exciting stages in year. He began the day […]
Floyd Landis Bonks
Yesterday’s stage 15 was the first of the three Alps stages. Landis re-took the yellow jersey with a strong ride that was matched by Kloden but 25 seconds better than Sastre, 39 better than Leipheimer, 1.11 ahead of Menchov and Rasmussen, and 1.39 ahead of Pereiro.
That gave Landis a 10-second lead over Pereiro and […]
Some Floyd Landis Interviews
Each one is different.
July 13th
July 9th
July 8th
Floyd’s bad hip
July 2005
No date
Tour Update: July 13 — Stage 11
At the end of stage7, the first ITT, here’s how the pre-race favorites stood relative to Floyd Landis
Landis
Kloden +0.50
Menchov +1.00
Moreau +1.07
Savoldelli +1.10
Hincapie +1.30
Popovych + 2.27
Azevedo +3.09
Totschnig +3.33
Mayo +5.11
Leipheimer +5.17
Not much changed during stages 8 and 9. Yesterday’s Stage 10 was the first true mountain stage, but the favorites were content to mark time. Today’s mountain […]
Weekend Bike Blather
Right at the moment I’m fascinated with single speeds, and given that I just converted two of my bikes, that’s all I’m probably going to talk about for a while, although any biking comment (or picture - we love bike pr0n) is always welcome in one of these threads.
Anyway, here are a couple snaps of […]
Random Bike Blather
The Sun Swift/Formula Fixed/Free Flip-Flop Black Wheelset arrived from Harris Cyclery today (they are the best bike shop on the web, for my money - and where else is your local bike web wrench going to be Sheldon Brown?) along with a brand new singlespeed freewheel sprocket. So now the Paramount is fully set […]
