I just finished reading a great book: It's All About the Bike by Rob Penn ( Read more... )

Arrived at The Bike Station's Fix Your Own Bike workshop at 1630 yesterday with intermittently squeaky but basically functional bike. Tried to remove headset, to investigate squeak. Stem jammed in steerer. Bike station dude put forks in vice, twisted handlebars in bid to release stem. Stem twisted like a pretzel. Removed remains of stem with ( Read more... )

In an attempt to get fit, save money, cut her travel times, increase her mobility and reduce her carbon footprint all at the same time, wormwood_pearl has started cycling again after over ten years out of the saddle. The old adage about not forgetting how turned out to be true, but there's a snag: even with the rear mudguard removed and the saddle lowered as far ( Read more... )