Cycling, for better or for worse, involves gear and frequently copious amounts of it. Even the most Zen bike riders among us are wardens of small arsenals; parts, clothing, tools and other necessary accoutrements. Of course all play a role in keeping the wheels rollin’. The trouble can frequently be keeping this ‘stuff’ accessible and [...]
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The Bike Space
Posted in Shop Talk, tagged bike storage, bike workshop, IBOB, pictures, shed, singlespeed, workshop on June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What are you carrying? The “go-to kit”.
Posted in Shop Talk, tagged gear what to carry mountainbiking, kit, Osprey Packs, Osprey Stratos 24, singlespeed on July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What do we carry with us when we ride? No two cyclist’s gear lists are exactly the same and for that matter most riders have multiple gear configurations that vary with the season, route, the type of ride or even personal mood. In my experience those of us who ride a lot develop what I [...]
Bike Profile: The Monocog 29er
Posted in Shop Talk, tagged 29er, Monocog 29er, Redline, singlespeed, Zion fork on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Bike. The most important piece of gear. I currently ride one mountain bike exclusively and it is the no nonsense Redline Monocog. Not light and certainly not sexy buy it always gets the job done without failure. I made some changes to the stock bike as the components it ships with are a little [...]

