Posts Tagged ‘commuter’
Seriously, this might be the most awesome movie I’ve ever seen. When I’m at the shop tonight, doing my usual shift, I’m buying one for the commuter bike, and one for the road bike. (Not that I don’t already have enough shit on the handlebars of the latter.)
A few things I noticed over the weekend: 1. Shimano really needs to make the Alfine parts group available for purchase in this country. I don’t want to have to buy an entire Civia just so I can tear the crankset off of it. 2. Bontrager Racelite Hardcase puncture-resistant tires? Aren’t. On the same subject, [...]
The drivetrain of the author’s new commuter bike. More information coming soon.
This will be my final “update” post before the actual building of the commuter bike, as the final part has been ordered: the wheels. Rather than giving Tom, our service manager, $50 and a case of beer to build them, I’m using QBP‘s Wheel Builder service. Don’t get me wrong, Tom’s wheel building is nothing [...]
So I’m almost to the completion-point on the commuter bike. Yesterday while at the shop, I ordered the rear shifter and the front brake cable hanger. This leaves me with one thing left to order: the wheels! That happens this Wednesday. I’ve been getting prepped for the videoblog entries for this site. I now have, [...]
The commuter inches closer to completion. I’ve taken the brake calipers — Avid Shorty 6s — off my ‘cross bike and installed them on the commuter. They’ll be fine on a commuter rig, but I wasn’t very happy with them in competition last year. The ‘cross bike will be receiving a set of the Paul [...]
The novel is still in the outlining/gestating period of things. Last week, while driving to work in the rain, I wish some evil upon the more tentative (“wussy”) drivers out there. Those wishes were not fulfilled, but they did lead to the idea of an interesting environment. I filed it under “Neat Place to Set [...]
[If you're here for more information on commuting by bicycle, try starting with this particular entry.] Not a lot exciting to report here. Racing season was supposed to kick off on Sunday, but I didn’t make it. There’s an opportunity tonight, but I don’t have the energy for it. I could race on Saturday, but [...]
The city of London has an ad they’re playing about staying aware of your surroundings while driving, which I’m embedding here for the sake of completeness: This has inspired some thinking on the subject and I am beginning to wonder a few things. Are cyclists frequently victims in vehicle accidents because we’re such an unexpected [...]
Photo by jessflickr. Licensed under the Creative Commons. [This piece is the fourth in a five-part series in this blog about how to effectively commute by bike. For Part I, click here.] I’m hoping that my earlier posts about bicycle commuting got some of you inspired to get out there and start riding. Here in [...]
