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  • Winter Commuting Rig

  • S24O – September 2011

  • Bike Bars

    So, I settled on the flat bars (or rather, the slight riser bars) with the Ergon grips. They really are the most comfortable for me. No more pains. Just the normal tingly, going-to-sleep-feeling in my right hand from years of mouse-work in the IT mines. Of course, I’ve come this whole journey just to end-up…

  • More Bike Changes …

    In my quest to tweak/tune my bike to be just right, I’ve gotten really close, except for one area. I have hands with an ulnar nerve very close to the surface. While I’ve stuck with regular drop bars for the variable hand positions (and the aesthetic), I’ve decided to try some experimentation. First up, I…

  • S24O

    Sorry for the terrible delay, but I’m finally getting around to posting about the S24O that Marcus and I did in June (!).  We did an S24O (Sub-24-hour-Overnight).  We rode from our houses to meet-up at Minnehaha Falls, had lunch at Sea Salt (where we were surprised by a bonus platter of calamari – can’t…

  • More Civilized Commuting

    Dogwood Coffee.

  • All-rounder on Singletrack

    I was sure that I wanted to use some of my time off for a little off-road exploration of the bike. So, I popped the fatties on the bike, dropped the saddle, and headed to Theo Wirth for some singletrack. The bike did great! The old Conti Traction and WTB Velociraptor tires seemed to hold-up…

  • Tangle Bag Mods

    Per the last post, the front velco section of the tangle bag overlapped the front cable bridge, causing some unsightly bunching. A little creative scissor work solved that nicely, and the cable bridge is cleared fully. FYI, this Tangle bag is a really nice piece of kit. Bikes

  • More Bike Evolution (Frame Bag)

    As part of this thinking about S24O’s and bikepacking, I picked-up a standard, size Large Revelate Tanglebag. It seems to fit perfectly in the space of my frame, and given the pretty low bosses, will clear a bottle in the cages. The top velcro sections kind of conflict with the front cable bridge, but it’s…

  • More Bike Evolution (Saddle)

    I’m looking into bikepacking. More on that later. In the meantime, I was starting to train for Le Tour Du Nord , and after a 35 miler, my nether regions were not as happy as I’d like. As I’d been reading about various saddles, I decided to take a chance on a Selle An-Atomica. I…