'fixie' Category
Outrageous, or Just a Good Idea?
I see a lot of things float around the blogosphere that mostly go unnoticed. However, every now and again, one catches my eye. The latest was a bike being make by some folks in Missoula, Montana dubbed Freeman TransportIn case you don’t want to click through and decipher a store which is [...]
Motivation Through Pain
It seems to be that time of year. The time of year when I’ve been going hard from the excitement of being able to ride trails again, but it’s catching up to me, and that excitement is starting to wear off. Last year I made it up to the whiskey before the [...]Embracing the Wanderlust
wan·der·lust
Pronunciation: ˈwän-dər-ˌləst
Function: noun
Etymology: German, from wandern to wander + Lust desire, pleasure
: strong longing for or impulse toward wanderingWandering is one of my favorite things to do on a bike. I enjoy the feeling of getting lost, with only a simple sense of cardinal [...]
Regaining Motivation
I have a feeling a lot of my posts related to biking in the next couple weeks are going to start out with: So, I finally got off my ass and . . .Lets begin:
So I finally got off my ass and . . . rode my fixie into work today. Doesn’t [...]
Trail 100, 4 Cross Wheels, Chris King and . . . Snow?!?
On the one hand, the first part of this week kinda sucked, because I had a 2-day business meeting in phoenix, which is not exactly my favorite place in the world. On the other hand, the meeting was done around 3pm on wednesday, and the eastern terminus of trail 100 was a short [...]Fixed-Gear Irony
You may remember my slightly sarcastic post about fixed gears a few weeks ago, and the fact that I ride a fixie without a brake.Sweet irony has caught up with me.
I was riding into work on tuesday, as I have done a minimum of a couple times a week for most of the past [...]
