I think we're all old enough to remember this guy, right? Sure we are. Well then you'll all get the reference when I say that in America, rider abandon race... ...but in Soviet Union Canada, race abandon you! Apparently it was too hot: Can you cancel a race after it has finished? That is the... Continue Reading →

Further to yesterday's post, in which I mentioned the Continental Divide rider who had to abandon the race due to a borken crabon bicycle, a reader noted he could have been back on the trail in minutes if only he'd been carrying a simple repair kit: https://youtube.com/shorts/A80s23lAJzY?si=BQY560dZKf0EiV8G That's pretty cool. How is every single ultra-endurance... Continue Reading →

Thank you from the bottom of my saddlebag for the heart-felt (I'm assuming) Blog-A-Versary well-wishings and for your generous contributions, in return for which you will now receive another half-assed blog post, which hardly seems fair. But life isn't fair, is it? Just ask the guy who was embarking upon the 2,700 Tour Divide race... Continue Reading →

Tomorrow is a very special day, and not just because it's Worldwide Knit In Public Day: Though that is pretty DARN important. No, what makes tomorrow truly important is that it is the Nineteenth Anniversary of This Blog, which I started over here way back on June 13th, 2007. Every year I think to myself... Continue Reading →

Lately I've been riding this 1999 GT XCR 1000, and I've been having a lot of fun: And of course part of the fun is that it's a full-suspension bike, and therefore a novelty to me, as I tend to avoid that sort of thing. Still, fun is fun, and riding an old full-suspension bike... Continue Reading →

As befits the title of this blog I try to remain aloof, but the unfortunate truth is I'm not always successful because it's ONE GODDAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER and it's extremely difficult to retain my composure when I'm beset on all sides by lies, frippery and nonsense--and when it comes to those three things the... Continue Reading →

It feels like hardly any time has passed at all, yet today it's been exactly one year since, for unhappy reasons, this bicycle came into my possession: So I marked the occasion by taking it for a ride yesterday, and purists may be pleased to see that I've put cyclocross tires on it: I mean... Continue Reading →

What's better than an early morning ride when you have the roads mostly to yourself? Well, probably plenty of things, but it's still pretty high up there. Sometimes when you ride early you see all the litter people left the night before, but in this case the detritus was all natural, as a quick and... Continue Reading →

Further to yesterday's post, a reader asked why the fork on the latest testcycle... ...is different from the one on the Classic Cycle website: Well, Paul was reading, and here's your answer: Someone  asked in the comments why I didn’t leave the Marzocci fork on the bike.  I wanted to spare you a collar bone... Continue Reading →

Further to Tuesday's post I have now done a proper ride on the repaired GT XCR 1000 from Classic Cycle: By "proper ride" I mean I rode to and from the trail instead of just throwing the bike on the car: And no, I don't mean a ride that you drive to isn't "proper." I... Continue Reading →