experimental fix

Last post I was saying that once again my rear shifter on the mountain bike was at the point where you practically had to stand on it to make it work. I’d worked out an idea for how to fix one of the problem areas to see if it would help make the entire system [...]

just some notes

Rode GCT yesterday. Just wanted to log some miles, no big thing.
On the way there I stopped at Addictive to ask about the availability of brake pads for the Tektro Aguira Compe hydraulic brakes on my ‘Goose. Pads are getting low, and those brakes have no pad adjustment feature. Grabbed some Addictive stickers as well. [...]

TWIB Notes

When I was a kid, and I actually liked baseball, there was a show on Saturday mornings called This Week In Baseball. TWIB for short. It was a simple show, with highlights and a voiceover, nothing fancy. I’m stealing their name for my new version of TWIB, This Week In Biking.
I had [...]

Ft Yargo meets the rideBikes bunch

Saturday everything finally came together for a ride at Ft Yargo. The trails were closed til noon due to rain the night before, so I had time to switch the tires on the goose to a Nevagal on the front and a Dart on the rear. These tires were wasting away on my Talera, and [...]

Brownwood Bike Rally 2008

Brownwood Bike Rally 2008
Show us how you roll!
June 7, 2008 — 9 am – 2 pm
Brownwood Park in East Atlanta
602 Brownwood Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30316
Race, Volunteer, or Support
this fun neighborhood event
Rally Events Include:

Street Bike and Cyclocross-Track Races
for Kids and Adults
Bike Rodeo for Kids
Stunt Bike Shows
Rally [...]

Ft Yargo plan and SWG

There is a plan in progress for the rideBikes crew to hit Ft Yargo saturday. In addition to Graham and myself, new rideBikes contributor Chadd B is planning to make the trek. Also in attendance should be the man like Mershon who will be bringing a crew of his own. We plan to start the [...]

tandem fixed gear

Track racing is already pretty sick, but track racing on a fixed tandem? CRAZY. I want one. Someone is selling a Peugeot tandem on Atlanta craigslist today that is just screaming to get the fixed treatment.
Here is some vintage footage from the 1982 World Track Championships tandem sprint. Watch for the trackstand tandem style early [...]

JumpJam 08 iReport with bonus XC stuff

Met up with Graham at Central Park(GA) to do a few laps of the XC course and check out the Jump Jam. Man, it was so windy. Almost too windy. We started off with a solid loop, skipping the Jump Jam action so we could get the days mileage kicked off. Central Park is not [...]

cleavage 401

I was browsing e-bay just for kicks and got more than I bargained for when I found this ad for a set of Redline Flight Crank 401s. The seller used this picture to show the parts

Freakin hilarious.

Jump Jam reminder…

Just a word to remind everyone that Reality Bikes is hosting JUMP JAM 08 at the Central Park (Cumming, GA) freeride/skills area tomorrow. They are doing a bike raffle, some jump clinics, and of course by the afternoon it will spiral into a full on one-upsmanship style session.
Graham and I are gonna cruise out there [...]