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Monthly Archives: December 2020

(Don’t) Feel the Vibrations

roads like these

Riding on gravel can take a serious toll on your body. You have to work harder to pedal through it, and your bike is probably heavier than a dedicated go-fast road bike. Even on flat-ish rail trails, you can’t really stop pedaling because you will almost immediately come to a stop.

Posted byjoeskiDecember 15, 2020February 22, 2021Posted inbikepacking, Bikes, Cycling, Gear, gravel rides1 Comment on (Don’t) Feel the Vibrations

1987 Miyata 912 Rebuild

miyata 912

There just aren’t that many nice vintage bikes left out there. Thousands of them were turned into single speeds and fixies between 2005 and 2010. Braze-ons were ground off, frames were spray-painted, and many were crashed and destroyed. Finding a nice one nowadays is rare, and the odds of finding one that’s barely been ridden is even more rare.

Posted byjoeskiDecember 13, 2020February 22, 2021Posted inBikes, Gear2 Comments on 1987 Miyata 912 Rebuild

Learning to Love the Path Less Paved

wtb nano 40

When I was a kid, you could ride on pavement to the outskirts of town and then go ride up into the forest, hit a few trails, and bomb a fire road back into town… and you could do all of this on the same bike… and that’s all that gravel bikes are. Riding gravel isn’t new, and technically, neither are gravel bikes.

Posted byjoeskiDecember 1, 2020January 25, 2021Posted inCyclingLeave a comment on Learning to Love the Path Less Paved

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I hope you get outside and find a little adventure this weekend.
Sometimes I ride slow sometimes I ride quick...
Enjoying those late winter neighborhood sunsets with a few of my favorite people. ☀️🌲
Green and mossy old growth forest 👉 monochromatic salt water shore.
Cyclomonstercrosscountry? Call it whatever you want. Figure out how to define it if you have to. I just wanted a bike that would feel like what I rode as a kid. If I had to give it a name, it would be "rad". All that matters is that it makes me smile.
Spring is so close I can taste it. The wind still has the bite of winter but it's slowly losing its grip.
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