Bike Blog Collection

Feb 19, 2009 bike blogs submission

Lunicycle – The Bicycle blog

Why you should read my blog:  Because there are so many funny and entertaining things that happen on every ride

Current bikes:  Litespeed Tuscany, Trek 1000, Trek 7100

Why you should read my blog:  If you are curious about what other people do with their SwissBike folding bikes or if you are just looking for some vacation suggestions that are cycling friendly, start here.

Current bikes:  SwissBike XO, Montague Frankenbike (700cc SS folder)

Pivvay – Sunday spin at the beach (guest post)

Marni and I headed out for a nice sunny spin on Sunday. We both took our singlespeeds out to hit up some urban singletrack. We started out at Colorado Hills and then hit up the trails that wind around Standley Lake.
Riding with your best friend is the most fun kind of riding. It never matters where you go.

The skyline of the Front Range above the lake sure was nice.
We even got to do some sand riding thanks to some fat 29 inch rubber.

Check out more of riding and adventure stories at Slip Angle.

Feb 17, 2009 bike blogs submission

Cogswappr
 
Why you should read my blog: My blog tends to be about bringing together current/new technology and gasdgets and how it can apply to cycling. I also include as much humor, personal opinion, and information on other random aspects and goings on of cycling and racing.
 
Current bikes: 2008 Specialized Tarmac Comp

Current bikes: Bianchi Titanium road bike with many, many miles on it, Gary Fisher “ProCaliber” Hard tail mountain bike, Single Speed of mixed origin… 
 

Feb 15, 2009 bike blogs submission

Lee’s Life Adventure

Why you should read my blog:  Because it’s all about great rides with great friends in Sonoma County, CA, the heart of California’s Wine Country.   Occasionally, I also take the opportunity to share my stories and experiences about my wonderful wife Sherry, great friends, good food, and vintage wine.
 
Current bikes: Specialized Rubaix Elite, Specialized Langster Las Vegas (single speed), K2 mountain bike.

Why you should read my blog:  A slightly oblique view of the world of cycle racing in all it’s forms, by someone who coaches, rides and spends a lot of time standing in the road shouting at total strangers.

Current bikes: A blue one for best or when it’s dry, a white one for training on, a red one for the track.

Feb 13, 2009 bike blogs submission

The Mellow Velo’s Blue Helmet Project

Why you should read my blog: Because I am an awful cyclist. I’m fake-serious. I’m totally mediocre. But I am opening myself up as YOUR project. I love fast and want to race. Share your experiences and help turn me into a racing cyclist. Can it be done? From zero to race in however long it takes!

Current bikes: Felt F4, Cannondale R300 

California Bike Rides – A Tour of California by Bike

Why you should read my blog: Find California bike rides starting at 100 miles in length and ranging from flat centuries to mountainous double centuries and multi-day tours.

Current bikes: Recumbents with funny fairings

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Feb 13, 2009 bike blogs submission

www.psyclepathic.com

Why you should read my blog:  Now, look into my eyes only into my eyes…You’re bored very, very bored… very,very bored… now close your eyes.  When you awaken you will love cycling like I love cycling.  I’m the only person who understands you.  You need me.  You need to read my blog.  you will click on the link to read my blog.  you need to click on the link.  *SNAP*

My bike blog is okay, I guess.  Check it out if you NEED to.

Current bikes:  C-dale Ruch 3z, C-dale 1FG, C-dale POS road, Escape from the Red Planet Fixed gear, Norco Bush Pilot winter beater, flying pigeon cruiser, Kona Jake the Snake

Why you should read my blog: after seeing too many carcasses of bikes dangling on the sidewalk, i am beginning a community project. consider it a way to save our bikes from theft and damage… i will organize meetings with bike enthusiasts, the transit authority, and various companies to get this off the ground. the focus: to give people in new york city a safe, eco-friendly option for health & well-being.

Current bikes: specialized sirrus elite

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Feb 11, 2009 bike blogs submission

Bike Me Blog

Why you should read my blog: A blog with an occasional Boston attitude. “Bike Me”
 
Current bikes: Vintage and used Bike shop owner.  I ride several different bikes each week. Mostly to experince as many old school rides as I can.  Owned (org. owner) 1971 Mercier until this past summer when it was sold.  I’m liking city cruisers and English 3 speeds lately.

BicyclingHub.com

Why you should read my blog: We are AWESOME.

Current bikes: Pegoretti, Moutain Cycles, LeMond, Redline, GT Track Bike

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Feb 9, 2009 bike blogs submission

Bicycle Touring with the Long Haul for Hunger 
 
Why you should read my blog: Two riders, two continents, over 8,500 miles.  Follow us on the Bicycle Touring with the Long Haul for Hunger blog.  The blog gives visitors a unique look into bicycle touring.  While providing users useful information on bicycle touring, the blog also follows two riders as they prepare for and ride the Long Haul for Hunger charity bicycle ride from South Korea to Portugal.  If you want to learn about how to plan and execute an extended bicycle tour (say 8,500 miles or so), learn what gear works and what doesn’t, this is the blog for you.  We’ve got videos, original images, and original content. 

Current bikes: Surly Long Haul Trucker 08′, Surly Long Haul Trucker 09′, Trek 720

Feb 7, 2009 bike blogs submission

belly-o-beast
 
Why you should read my blog: To find true cycling nirvana and rock and roll fantasy as seen through the angst-ridden pupils of a southeast Virginia old punker turned professional.

Current bikes: 2008 Santa Cruz Nomad, 2003 Surly Instigator, 2005 Schwinn DX, 1978 Laguna Cruiser, 2002 Spot single speed, 2004 Santa Cruz Heckler (frame), 1999 Dyno Cruiser (frame)

liberty on bikes

Why you should read my blog: another fat guy on a bike, i take pictures, have bad luck, and when i get my foot out of my mouth, sometimes you laugh. i make you feel better about yourself, and we all like that guy.

Current bikes: cyclocross/commuter, steel lemond campy 9, iro fixed, bianchi sass, 80′s bmx:

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Lunicycle – The Bike Shop (guest post)

Guest post by: Lunicycle

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this blog are that of the guest poster, and not necessarily that of BikeBlogCollection.

I ran by my local bike shop recently to pick up a water bottle (which is what we call wishful thinking, since I can’t ride hard enough to need a water bottle right now) and I was reminded how much I like bike shops. I like the way they look, and I like the particular smell that you get, which is, I suppose, composed of equal parts new tires, new lycra, chain lube and sweaty cyclists. (If sweaty cyclists who were out for a ride and just happened to pass by the bike shop never stop in just to pick something up or get a drink or say hello or just hang out, this is a bad sign.)

Every bike shop needs a Steve. Steve is a wrench extraordinaire who has a simple philosophy: “There’s a right way to do things, and you should do things the right way.” This is a guy who I want to take care of my bike. We considered trying to get a constitutional amendment past so that the Steve in every bike shop that has one would in fact be called Steve, but we decided in the end that it wouldn’t be worth the trouble. It would save cyclists who go to new towns a whole lot of grief, though. You could walk into a bike shop and ask, “Do you guys have a Steve? No? I’ll go somewhere else, then.” Of course, then I suppose there would be unscrupulous bike shops which would hire a guy whose name happened to be Steve even though he was a Steve in the truest and best sense of the word. You’d have to watch out for places like that.

I have to admit that I have visited bike shops in other cities. I know this might seem to make me untrue to my local bike shop, but it’s okay just to look, right? That’s the excuse I offer, anyway. I would like to make it clear that I am talking about bike shops here. I would hate to think that any of your who might have happened upon this blog by accident and who ended up reading it in spite of yourselves were making extrapolations about other areas of my life. Bike shops. My local bike shop has been known to let people come in and use the tools onsite and cyclists have been allowed to watch and ask questions while their bikes were being worked on so that they could learn how to perform some of the basic tasks on their own. Yes, I know the old joke: The rates are ten dollars an hour, twenty dollars an hour if you watch, thirty dollars an hour if you help. Well, it isn’t like that. (Mind you, I have been known to provide great entertainment value. Just ask Steve about the time I took a can of degreaser and aimed it at my chain. I pressed the button and discovered that I was holding the can backwards. I degreased my face instead of the chain. It did wonders for my acne, brightened Steve’s entire week and probably created a story that will last a lifetime. It’s a bit embarrassing though, even for me, so don’t tell anyone, okay? Thank you.

If you happen to be a complete klutz, like I am (I have been known to injure myself just by watching someone else do something mechanical) it’s nice to have a trustworthy wrench you can take your bike to. If some people are mechanically inclined, I must be mechanically declined. Want proof? The first time I ever got a flat on my bike, the bike was actually sitting in a stand at home. Now, I assume that I got a slow leak while out on the road somewhere and that it just took a while for all the air to drain out, but maybe that’s not the case. Maybe my bike has picked up my klutziness and actually did get a flat while standing still. Whatever the case, I set myself to change the flat. I had been told how to do it, and I even (heaven only knows why) bought a book on bike maintenance, as if I were coordinated or something, so I felt what later proved to be a completely unjustified level of confidence in my own abilities to deal with the situation. I pulled the rear wheel off of my bike and, sitting in my house, set a record for slowest tire change in the history of bicycle repair. I did, however, manage to get the tire changed and even inflated. I did not, however, manage to get the wheel back onto the bike. I was completely stumped.

At the time I was driving a small two door car. I got the back seat lowered and, by pushing the front seats as far forward as they would go, managed to get the bike into the car. I also managed to get my body into the car, albeit with my knees under my chin and my nose touching the steering. This was obviously completely unsafe, but I drove to the bike shop anyway, where they didn’t laugh at me once as I dragged bike and wheel in. Steve then showed me what I had been doing wrong, and took my now functional bike back home and went for a ride. Since that time I have had to change a flat or two, and I have succeeded in doing it unaided, which is certainly a good thing, since they sometimes happen quite some distance from home. I’ve never been fond of that ride home with no spare tube, but that’s another story. See you on the road.

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