Citizen Rider

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

Thursday, August 19, 2021

COVID's killing Specialized

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 Specialized Bicycles is dumping small dealers like a centipede shedding injured legs, in a desperate attempt to save itself from the mess t...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Delta dawn

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 Checking my email this morning, I saw a "heads up" from the chair of the zoning board on which I serve. These usually involve pen...
Monday, August 09, 2021

With power comes confidence

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 As I rolled into town one day this week, I saw three riders coming toward me on Center Street. Center Street is also Route 28 coming north ...
Saturday, August 07, 2021

Endless weekend

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 We've reached the part of summer where every day feels like Saturday. Saturday doesn't mean the same thing in a bike shop as it doe...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

There's no tool like an old tool

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 This thing has been getting workout this summer: The 70-year-old BSA was followed by a 50-year-old Raleigh Sprite. The owner of the Sprite...
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Monday, July 05, 2021

Century-hopping again

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If it has pedals and still rolls, sooner or later we get asked to fix it. I'm waiting for someone to bring in a stone wheel with a woode...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

The difference between culture and subculture

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 When mountain biking boomed and took the bike industry with it, to levels of social popularity really never seen in the industry's enti...
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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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