Citizen Rider

Some advice and a lot of first-hand anecdotes and observations from someone who accidentally had a career in the bike business.

Showing posts with label 10-speed. Show all posts

Showing posts with label 10-speed. Show all posts

Sunday, April 06, 2025

And on to the next dream...

After finishing the e-bike stretch cruiser it was time to replace the shifters and crank on a beautiful late-1990s Dean. The bike might ac...

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Hydraulic Fracturing

El Queso Grande texted me on Tuesday night to say that the workshop was slammed and that several sets of hydraulic disc brakes awaited my h...

Friday, April 10, 2015

George's rocket

When Big G finished building up his new Specialized Roubaix last week, he put it on the scale in the shop. Drum roll... Twenty-two poun...

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

They got George! Those BASTARDS!

Big G sent me an email the other night. He needed to tell me he had ordered himself a Specialized Roubaix road bike. After all we've b...

Monday, March 31, 2014

Job security or death knell?

The Internet brings me word of the proliferation of 11-speed drive trains and hydraulic disc brakes for road bikes among the many technologi...

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cafiend: I like to explore under my own power. I like to avoid using motor vehicles, but I'm not obsessive about it. Okay, maybe I'm a little obsessive about it.

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