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 affordable bikes. Show all posts

Showing posts with label affordable bikes. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Can you afford to have fun?

A few years ago, as the local mountain bike organization -- to use the term loosely -- was getting more aggressive about building engineer...

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Riding in the wrong direction

First off, congratulations are due to Alice Lethbridge on breaking Beryl Burton's 1967 record for longest distance cycled in 12 hours. ...

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

From the golden age of the rigid frame

Just before good quality friction-option top mount shifters disappeared in the beginning of the 1990s we were able to remove the under-bar...

Friday, March 28, 2014

Royale with Cheese

Cheesy brifters, that is. The bike is an SE Royale 16. The parts on it are almost humorously generic. The brifters say Shimano. The re...

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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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