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Dropout shaping

Friday, October 1, 2010

The new bike I’m building is a single speed with an eccentric bottom bracket. I’ve got a pretty bad taste in my mouth from horizontal dropouts, and I’d rather avoid them if possible. I figure I’ll give this eccentric bottom bracket thing a shot and see what all the fuss is. The advantage of the [...]

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Work begins on a cross bike.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

I’ve alluded to it in other posts, but I’ve officially begun work on a cyclocross bike for myself. I want to try racing cross this season, and I’ll ride it in the gravel races next year. My big challenge I think is going to be time. First can I come up with the time to [...]

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Progress continues on new road bike

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Winter has come with a vengeance in Minnesota. Since a week before Christmas most of my cycling has been done either in Washington (holiday trip) or on a trainer. Once the whole family is back together (my wife has been out of the country for awhile) I’ll be commuting on my bike again. It will [...]

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