Sunday, March 10, 2024

Like it or not, Daylight Relocating Time is here

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 The semi-annual avalanche of snide memes and loud lament held off almost entirely until the day of clock change arrived. Then the usual pla...
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Tuesday, March 05, 2024

The towel is thrown

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The Wolfeboro Cross-country Ski Association picked a good year to institute snowmaking. But it wasn't a great year. Atmospheric conditi...
Monday, January 22, 2024

A short little winter

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 Back in the early 1990s we had a stretch of El Niño winters that really put a crimp in non-cycling winter activities. Non-cycling activitie...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Single gear seeks partner for committed relationship

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  The simplest form of the modern safety bicycle is the trusty fixed gear. On the velodrome, the bikes are pared down to the absolute essent...
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Sunday, November 12, 2023

Microshops and Major Chains: Economies of Scale in the Bike Industry

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 If anyone really gave a crap, that could be the title of a doctoral thesis or seminal study of the current state of bike retail economics. ...
Saturday, November 11, 2023

Cycling's Inferiority Complex

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 Way back in 1980 at my first shop job I learned very quickly that I had no skills with customers. A couple of people brought in a very rust...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Competition and Monopoly

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 Capitalism always trends toward monopoly. Competition only seeks to increase market share. Once market domination is achieved, the "wi...