Adventures in DIY: Pedal Overhaul

Pedal body with axle,  washer, locking nut, dustcap, and cone. Not pictured: ball bearings.A few people think I'm a great bicycle mechanic. This notion is quite far from the truth. Oh sure, I can do some basic stuff. Fix a flat? Sure. Adjust brakes? Grudgingly. Mount stuff? Okay. Since I have toured extensively, I can do...

Sale Update: Select Buttons on CLEARANCE for only 50 cents!

Hello friends! There's still over a week left on my spring sale! Not only have I offered some great deals on stuff, but now I lowered the price on select 1" buttons to fifty cents each! Quite the bargain. The price will last as long as they are in stock; once they're gone...they're gone! The...

A blog post in which I talk about clothing, again.

Two weeks ago "technical" wool purveyors and creepy ad proponents Icebreaker held one of their few times a year warehouse sales here in Portland, with steeply discounted stuff. And since I am a fancy-pantsed, Retro-Grouchy bicyclist, I like the wool. For those who are not initiated to the ways of the new wool and can...

Out there bike tours: Northern Quebec and Labrador

Despite the "eh" weather this month, I have been thinking about bike tours. This year is going to be on the "light" side for bike tours. This is a relative term, since compared to being on the road for four-plus months straight last summer, pretty much anything we do will be considered light. The tours we'll...

Not a bad weekend

Almost at 5,000 miles!The last time I checked in, this blog was full o' gloom and doom. The Brooks saddle on my Cycle Truck got jacked, the weather was craptastic, and I didn't get a job that I'd been hoping to get, one I had been waiting for weeks to hear back from. (I didn't...

You can file this day under: Bad Day.

I'm not in a good mood right now, so I apologize for the meh-ness of this entry. But please allow me to vent, as you'll see, I have a right to vent.On Thursday morning, I went to go check on the Worksman Cycle Truck. Because we don't have enough room in the garage, it's been...

The Store Report: Bike History Comic now available, and Spring Sale!

Hello Friends! Just wanted to let you know about a few things going on over in the "Store" if you haven't checked that page out in awhile.Firstly, I am now stocking the NEW Oregon History Comics: Oregon Bikes comic. This is my collaboration with Portland Mercury reporter Sarah Mirk that I worked on last month. It's...

Plans unrealized, Bikes optimized

If one of you (you meaning my loyal 12 1/2 readers) checked into my blog last week, you might remember me talking about getting ready to ride Oregon Randonneurs' 100km Populaire ride last Saturday. Well, that didn't happen. Well, the ride itself happened, but not my participation. One reason was I wasn't sure about riding...