Coffeeneuring Ride 5, 2 Nov 2016: Pulling out the Heavy Duti

Man, the Coffeeneuring challenge is slipping  away! Time to catch up and get in something this week! One of my "personal challenges" in the Coffeeneuring challenge is to ride each one of my rideable bikes at least once through the course of the challenge.* I've used both the Raleigh Superbe and Crested Butte, my two...

The Pedal Dilemma and klunkerising the Heavy Duti

PLEASE NOTE: If you are one of those readers whose eyes roll over when I get too nerdy about bikes, please skip reading this installment and wait until I write about something "real". And refrain from your snarky comments, please and thank you! Hey, remember the Schwinn Heavy Duti? Last time I rode it I...

The “ugly” saddle.

If you have been around here long enough, you know I'm a Brooks saddle man. Ever since I got my first Brooks back in 2008 (wow, seven years ago!) all the bikes that have passed through my hands have had a Brooks on them at some point, including my Schwinn Heavy Duti. But the Brooks...

An errandonee to the Swedish Shopping Embassy

Sometimes ya gotta do adult world stuff. Like purchase household items. A new shower curtain here, a new pillow there, a clothes drying rack somewhere over there. Of course there are many places to purchase said goods in a city like Portland (hello, Fred Meyer!) but sometimes it's just better to go to the Swedish...

More stuff with the Heavy Duti.

Ah yes, the Heavy Duti! I haven't really talked about the Schwinn Heavy Duti here  since I purchased it in the beginning of October. That's because it languished in the basement for most of October as I was focused on other things. But over the past couple weeks, I've had a number of things done...

An errandenuring type of Coffeeneuring (No. 6): 11 November 2014

How's that first Arctic Blast for you, much of northern North America? While we here in the Northwest haven't gotten the foot-plus of snow that has hit places like Minneapolis (who is better than Portland!), we've gotten some cool weather over here with highs just in the 40's and lotsa wind. Tuesday night saw the...

File Under: Another Bike? Schwinn Heavy Duti industrial balloon tire cruiser.

"Wait Shawn, didn't you just sell a bike? Didn't you make noises about culling the herd and keeping everything manageable?" Why yes, yes to all that. I sold the Rudge Sports on Sunday September 28 and bought a new bike on Friday October 3. On Sunday I got down to three bikes, a number that...

Other People’s Bikes: The Fraternal Twins edition

Hello, and welcome back to your favorite Sunday afternoon show on NPR, "Other People's Bikes".* I'm your host, Ira Glass.Today's specimen comes from yesterday's visit to ye olde coffee shop. As I was locking up my beloved Raleigh Crested Butte, a woman was also locking up her bike on the next rack. And what was...