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She Rolls! Breakin’ Her In

By Daniel on February 29, 2012 in Bikes, Outdoor Gear, Photography

Happy Extra Day today! I had been impatiently anticipating the arrival of the very very last part for the new Salsa El Mariachi for several days, and after thinking that it had been lost in the mail I received a text from an old roommate asking me if I needed the small padded envelope that [...]

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Heavy bikes

By Daniel on February 23, 2012 in Bikes

Normally I don’t care too much about how much my bike(s) weigh. My first priority is durability and reliability, but my goal with the new Salsa is to get it 10 pounds lighter than my Inglis, still using the same Rohloff drivetrain. Part of this is easy, as I won’t be using any racks. Tubus makes [...]

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New Trinkets From Rivendell, and a Bike Calendar

By Daniel on February 21, 2012 in Reviews

Before I start today’s post, I thought I would ask you, the people who visit this site, what kind of topics would you like to see more of here? Less of? I’ve really appreciated all the comments and feedback over the last year, but I’m always looking to provide more interesting content. I recently made [...]

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Campout and Other Pics

By Daniel on February 16, 2012 in Bikes, Photography

Pushing the pedals reader Mandy M. sent me a couple pics of a very interesting bike she saw the other day on her ferry commute. Yes, I know, I’m thinking the same thing. Hopefully that’s not what’s left of the previous owner (Mandy’s joke). Seen on my morning commute to work. All the parts for [...]

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Soma Tradesman Pizza Bike

By Daniel on February 6, 2012 in Bikes, Featured, Interesting People

I recently sold Tim P from Escape From New York Pizza on Haight St. a Soma Tradesman cycletruck cargo bike. He’s a cool guy and really into bikes, and thought that the Soma would be a great alternative to cars for delivering pizzas.

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