Stories from Cycling Spokane
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Making the mini mine
Cycling Spokane &bull Feb 4, 2012
Swapped saddle, bars, stem, wheels and tires. Put a pump on there. And a bag. And a nerdy rack. I've ridden this bike a couple times to work and I've tooled around errand'ing on it. It's fun. I really feel… Full Story »
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Best ride of the year
Cycling Spokane &bull Feb 3, 2012
So it's only Feb 3. But still, "best" is the "best." Jon, Bill, and I did the Valley Chapel - Mt Hope - Jackson road loop today. It's got good climbing and the dirt roads right now are perfect. Jackson… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Hope
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Losing my cool
Cycling Spokane &bull Feb 1, 2012
Dang it. I just flipped a driver off on my way to work. It was a full-on, rotate my body, get eye contact and bird-flipping second. That hasn't happened for over a year. I really try to keep it cool.… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Hope
- Preti Mangimi
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Fixing the Nite Rider
Cycling Spokane &bull Jan 31, 2012
Pat has all the right tools. And a warm, clean shop. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Nite Rider
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Rad bike
Cycling Spokane &bull Jan 29, 2012
Maddie is getting the hang of it. Full Story »
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Topics:
- bicycle
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Mercier Mini Velo -- let the hacking begin
Cycling Spokane &bull Jan 28, 2012
So it turns out that there are bikes out there that don't meet the strict standard quality bar at bikesdirect.com. These bikes are sold at bikeisland.com. Such was the fate of this "Mercier" mini, which according to the ad at bikeisland.com, was complete but just didn't have the headset installed. For $250, shipped, I couldn't maintain my loyalty… Full Story »
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Lunch time 1/2-Fat bike ride
Cycling Spokane &bull Jan 18, 2012
There's finally a bit of snow here. A quick 5-miler on the half-fat bike shows more promise than I'd expected, frankly. The front wheel sort of plows through everything and the bike's whacked slacked (then uber-slacked by the giant fork),… Full Story »
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Maddie's mountain bike - Kona Smoke
Cycling Spokane &bull Jan 14, 2012
Last year, Maddie and I did a tiny bit of trail riding on the HD trails, lots of dirt-road riding up at the river, and a lot of neighborhood errands where we sought out the dirt-way-there.Maddie's Elephant is a capable… Full Story »
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Cat 6 and other cranky observations
Cycling Spokane &bull Jan 12, 2012
I was riding home today and a guy on a bike was riding down the wrong way of the street towards me. This happens sometimes. I just hold my line and they always move. But in this case, it turns out the guy was running down a guy in a car that must've blown the stop sign at… Full Story »
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Initial impressions - Chrome Kursk Pro spd sneakers
Cycling Spokane &bull Jan 10, 2012
The folks at Chrome sent me these shoes to review. I've been wearing them for a couple weeks and so far so good. The fit is nice -- I'm used to getting squeezed out of most bike shoes, but the sneaker shoes fit like I want… Full Story »
