Category: Cycling
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Adding a bicycle bell
The bike bell I had was way to narrow for the pipe on my bike. So luckily I had a small scrap of pipe that I sanded down and pressed into hole of the larger pipe. This was my Hack Your World moment. I drilled a hole in the handle of the furniture clamp and…
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Typical cleat extraction
The surface of the cleats had been worn smooth and the hex socket had lost its size. The only way to get those off was to turn them into flat head screws.
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Front Bike Bag Bar
This was a good tip from Chris, to use a threadless stem to hold bags and lights.
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Brooks saddle
I completely wore out my old wtb saddle which had been with me for about three bicycles. Now, with a longer commute, I figured I could easily break in a Brooks. I’ve gone about 60 miles on it with 25 of them in torrential rain. The instructions on Brooks website suggest stretching the saddle every…
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Bullitt and EcoShopper — a Dynamic Duo
I’ve used my Larry v. Harry Bullitt with my Bicycle Revolutions EcoShopper trailer a surprising number of times. Just today I delivered about 200lbs of computer recycling to Haywire Computer in Bellingham. One of the conveniences is that I can yank the cotter pins on the trailer wheels and pack the wheels into the trailer…
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