TweetHandshakes. The first physical contact with a stranger you’re supposed to like. A strange social greeting with which you can gauge the other person’s social confidence. Well, at least if the hand offered to you is limp, slightly damp and hardly makes an effort to grip your hand. There’s almost nothing worse. It leaves me […]
flopsy cranks
June 30th, 2009 Comments Off on flopsy cranks
Tags: fixed · freewheel · handshakes · limp · panic · trackstand
choo choo train
June 16th, 2009 Comments Off on choo choo train
TweetSo it ends up that I did have a reason to go to IBC this weekend. I needed to purchase and get new pedals installed because – gasp! – I’m flipping that wheel over and going fixed. Not that I haven’t been riding fixed on the track bike. But the Bianchi and the Dolan are […]
Tags: cog · drivetrain · freewheel · green line · international bicycle center · screechy brakes · train
freewheel fun
April 13th, 2009 4 Comments
TweetAlmost exactly six months ago, I was still freewheeling it on the Bianchi. I bought into the hype and was consequently terrified of going fixed; hence I was stuck in that gray area of the freewheel where I almost got scene points until I started coasting. The resulting inferiority complex really killed me. Ironically, I […]
Tags: boston · brakes · clipless · coasting · freewheel · fun · international bicycle center