Single thumb down: Your back deck does not have the beautiful wood deck that I am used to thinking as Surly's mark. Double the thumbs up: I dig the number of holes in the back deck for tying down...
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Single thumb down: Your back deck does not have the beautiful wood deck that I am used to thinking as Surly's mark. Double the thumbs up: I dig the number of holes in the back deck for tying down...
I bought my BD used. It does not have a disk that protects the spokes from catching chain on an overshift at the rear axle. That is partly why I had that catastrophic recently.
Does the BD...
Ok, maybe I used the wrong word. My BD came to me as a used vehicle and does not have a disk to keep the chain out of the spokes. The chain did suck, wrap, lodge around the rear axle. I had to use...
Catastrophe! Training for our upcoming ride, I had put two gallons of water on the front rack as if low riders, and had four gallons on the back end. We were 3.3 miles from home, coasting a gentle...
I wanted to be able to have some tuck. I put the same bar end extensions on my BD that I have on my MTB. with that wide handlebar stance and the extensions, I feel as though I am driving a...
>>So how does one tuck and roll with a bike between their legs?<< When I got my first "adult" bicycle at 21. I was taught by the local crew to pull the bike up on you to protect it when you go...
Before lasik, I wore a set of Oakleys over my contacts. I bought the clear for night vision, yellow for rain/fog, and normally wore the very dark since a vicious Texas sun is our norm here. After...
Today/tonight, we went on a simple 20 mile loop for training. On the way home, we did stop in to get groceries. I brought those Cannondale Overlands (1984) as front panniers and Squeeze had her new...
One of my big problems cycling home after work is a nasty "sprint" where everybody is looking at the sun. I intend to place an order with Mouser this week for LEDs for both my bicycles and my (real)...
Last November, Squeeze and I drove to Sherwood (Arkansas) to her sister's place. Dougenstein, a cycling buddy from a few thousand years ago took us to Fort Smith and dumped us. We rode the 205...
I don't remember every seeing one kid with these. I guess that they may not have sold very well. My little brother had one of those Stingrays and he managed to split open his head without the...
Fascinating. I'm hoping to go almost completely off grid within the next 10 years. That is an interesting concept for eliminating the diesel or gasoline requirement that was plaguing me.
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Little by little, I'm getting my Big Dummy to where I want it to be. You can barely see the light(s) on the back. I have twin rear lights for redundancy. I managed to acquire a Surly...
If you Google "poliscar" and eliminate the hits for "police car", you will find the article about the "people's car" and its urban homeless shelter concept. I did not make up the Microwohnwagen or...
OK, this is not a bicycle. Once built, it is still not a bicycle or tricycle.
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This is an image for a "mobile, urban homeless shelter". The "hull" is made of a heavy fabric.
This is...
After being stupid enough to change my sport bike from one-and-a-quarter to metric thin tires, I learned that fat is good. The BD came with Swalbe (Swallow) Big Apple (Gross Apfeln) tires. I try to...
Read read a portion of the blog. Great intel. Now Squeeze and I can plan on that ride. Even though I am a native Texan, I got my degree in Rutt'ville. I worked at Cagle's Mill for the years that...
About a year ago, I bought a used BD that already had (cabled) disks on it. I don't know about the difference between running cable or fluid, but, I can tell you that the diff between calipres and...
I have never jousted with another person. I have, however, handled various weapons from the bicycle as practice and "what if" fantasy. I came to the conclusion that any application of kinetic...
As Burton alluded, but without directly stating, everything should be capable of doing at least two functions. That way you cut down on overall volume, weight, etc. As to tent, I use a German Army...
As to roads north of Conway, keep in mind that you will be in the Bostons and Ozarks. Except for the "big ones" such as 65, the roads may not have shoulders at all. I have not driven (never cycled)...
I wish that I had a picture. Years ago, our daughter was big enough for a trail-a-bike, but, the boy still needed to be in the Winchester. So, there were a lot of grocery trips and big Rides where...
Truly, spice can turn crappy food into a nice meal. It is amazing what a good cook can do with negligible weight in spices. In ROTC we had to cook in the field from just raw materials. I was...
For me, there was ZERO inspiration. It was necessity. I lived 75 miles west of my high school friends. 50 east of my dad. 100 east of an important town. I was in college and every penny counted....
to Kbabin, in case this post wanders as did my last.
I lived in that area for years and never knew that Aux Arc allowed camping. Rats, I wish that I had known that last month. You did the Pig...