Here’s a confession. I’ve never gone camping without a car. Hiking to a campsite with only what I can carry on my back? Not me! Yet somehow I have been ...
I’m riding the Cascade Training Series again, and have been pleased by all the differences this year: Less pain/numbness on the bike. I attribute this to several factors: I started getting weekly ...
I tried clipless pedals for the first time a few months ago. And I haven’t fallen yet. Is it hubris that I just said that aloud? Am I going to fall ...
I’ve always considered myself a recreational cyclist and bike commuter, but that changed this year. Various forces have conspired to turn me into an endurance cyclist, and I can say that ...
You’d think that after 20 years of riding bikes in Seattle, I would have at least tried to develop a trackstand at some point. Nope! It just occurred to me ...
After a ton of tinkering, the Bianchi Randonneur is Seattle road-ready. It went from a piece of junk to prized possession in just 8 weeks. Here’s what I did to customize ...
One of the thrilling aspects of volunteering in the Bikeworks warehouse is being among the first to spot new interesting bikes that come in. And when those bikes are your ...
Last year as I was getting into bike repair, I recalled that my dad had an old 12-speed bike sitting in the garage completely unridden since moving here in the ...
Just picked up this bike for a rock bottom price at the Bikeworks warehouse after it had been donated the day before to a Cleanscapes bin at the dump. It ...
Wheelbuilding may be something that only .001% of people do, but it doesn’t have to be that way. I think everyone who likes methodical, spatial tasks would enjoy it, and ...
The Trek 420’s handlebars were wrapped in some thin, gummed up fabric tape that was not designed to wrap handlebars. I think it was gaffer’s tape. When I started the ...
Working on all those early 80s 12-speed road bikes, I was wondering what it would be like to start with a light steel road bike in my size that was ...
Building up this vintage Apollo DeeLite frame is just one series of successes, followed by failures, followed by successes, and so on. I am sure learning a lot! Here is ...
I was all excited about the Bikeworks BYOB (Bring Your Own Bike) day today. I knew exactly what I wanted to work on: A vintage Novara Strada road bike that ...
Christa and I used to ride our mountain bikes around the city while we were attending UW in the mid 90s. For some reason, she stopped riding her bike, and ...
After my troubles with my vintage Novara Trionfo’s Toba fenders that rattled alarmingly from their inadequate clearance, I consulted with Tom of Pie Cycles. He was confident that he could set ...
Last year when I signed up for Bikeworks’ ABC class, little did I know that my interest in bikes would snowball to such enthusiastic levels. It’s just that I finally ...
For about 5 years, I’ve been taking the same route from West Seattle to downtown with my mountain bike. It involves riding up the ramp of a lovely footbridge that ...
I couldn’t resist this $65 find on Craigslist: A 53cm 1980s steel lugged Nishiki Custom Sport, hardly ever ridden. Now, you may be wondering why I just acquired another 80s ...
A few weeks ago I took what I thought would be the final step in converting my Novara Trionfo road bike into a winter bike: Fenders. I knew that due ...
After trying to ride home from Downtown to West Seattle a few times, on the Novara, it was clear that I would have to take the long way around, avoiding ...
Here’s what’s difficult about improving an old bike: You may have to slog through a few disappointing pieces of advice until you find one that works. Even after spending a ...
I signed up for the Wheel Building class at Bikeworks, because it seemed like the perfect intersection of several hobbies of mine. It turns out that even the novice wheel ...
Had to go downtown for a meeting today and decided to give my refurbished bike a spin. First impression: I can go really really fast on this bike! Since the ...
I got my bike back from the shop, and I’m thrilled to finally ride it. After a hectic evening spent installing the new tires (which I did myself in order ...