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Moots and Titanium Bicycles

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

 
 At the National Handmade Bicycle Show held in Richmond a few ago, I had the opportunity to attend a seminar on titanium bicycles given by Moots Bicycles.  Moots is a Steamboat Springs, Colorado based bicycle company that specializes in titanium bicycles.   Titanium is approximately 56% of the density of most steel/nickel alloys.  It is the […]

Vanilla Bicycles Follow-up

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

 

Last week, at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Richmond, I had the opportunity to speak with Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles.  I had written about Vanilla Bicycles last April after reading an article in Forbes magazine about the company.
 I asked  Sacha about the Forbes article and the response to it.  He was happy with the […]

Six Eleven Bicycles

Friday, March 5th, 2010

I had the chance to meet Aaron Dykstra of Six-Eleven Bicycles at the North American Handmade Bicycle show last weekend.   First let me clear up two potential misconceptions - he is not related to former baseball player Lenny Dykstra and his bicycle company has nothing to do with 7-11.  Aaron won the Rookie of The Year […]

LeMond Bicycles Sizing Chart

Monday, September 28th, 2009

 
Since Lemond Cycling and Trek have been fighting,  I noticed that the Lemond website has disappeared.  As with most bicycle company websites, the site had historical information on models from previous years.  This information was especially helpful when buying a used bicycle because you could look up the specifications and components of models from the […]

The 45 Pound Tour De France Bike

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

I regularly scan craigslist looking for interesting bicycles.   Sometimes you can find a gem but the list tends to be dominated by crappy old bikes and unintentionally funny ads.  Today I found a listing that meets both criteria.

2007 tour de france bike Great condition - $225 (alexandria)
Date: 2009-09-10, 7:01PM EDTReply to: 

GREAT CONDITION, BRAND NEW […]

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