Photo Journal: Dempster Highway to the Arctic
Friday, February 26th, 2010Dempster Highway to the Arctic, Vancouver to Inuvik is an interesting photo journal by David Cambon.
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Dempster Highway to the Arctic, Vancouver to Inuvik is an interesting photo journal by David Cambon.
Mountain Bike to Cyclocross/Touring Conversion
Thursday, November 13th, 2008I need a touring bike, and I'm on a budget. My old Barracuda AM2, aluminum-framed mountain bike frame is tapped for rear pannier mounts, so perhaps a conversion is in order. As I quickly found out, there's a lot more to fitting drop bars and a rigid fork onto a ...
Finding the Black Rock Mountain Bike Area in Falls City, Oregon
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Since I managed to get lost trying to find the Black Rock Mountain Bike Area in Falls City (despite being more or less a local), I thought others might benefit from a clear guide. This follows the route from Salem. View Larger Map Take Highway 22 west out of Salem: Continue on ...
Bicycle Weights
Sunday, August 10th, 2008I bought a super-handy digital hanging scale from DealExtreme ($10.84, by far the lowest price on the 'net). The most useful weights to post that I can think of are those of my bicycles: Cannondale Synapse Carbon 2 60cm (2007) with triple chainrings, Terry Buzz-Off titanium saddle, two titanium water ...
B.O.B. Yak Plus versus Ibex versus Panniers
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Trailers versus Panniers Based upon my online research, the trailer versus pannier debate will rage on forever. Panniers have the advantage of not requiring you to worry about a trailer. Trailers have the advantage of reducing your frontal area (and therefore wind drag), and in theory don't require wheels ...