We have a tendency to give up too early, like when it hurts a little too much. Maybe it happens during a race. Maybe during a relationship. Maybe on the floor of a faraway discotheque. It is certain that the body/mind/spirit have absolute limitations, but rarely on Saturday or Sunday mornings are we anywhere near them. When you are on the bici chasing your neighbors, or the new man in sales, or all of your failures, there is the call of … [Read more...]
Examen: HandUp Gloves
Examen: HandUp Gloves "Best for grabbing bars and beers." The tagline emblazoned on the palms of HandUp Gloves resonates the ideals many cyclists approve of. Yet even more important is the fact that in a day and age where gloves are reaching towards the $40 retail mark, the list price of $25 for these should make it a no brainer on value. But doesn't cheap equate to cheap? Non. The advantage of HandUp Gloves is that they are designed to be … [Read more...]
A Sunday in Hell
As I arrived to my login for the day, I was greeted with the following poignant insight from a fellow journeyman mechanic: "When I was having a shitty time at the bench, kind of being overrun by minor gripes &/ gangrenous management, I would watch the bit at the beginning of Sunday in Hell where the Sanson mechanic is cleaning the Benotto, or Bottecchia. It would remind me of how the basics serve to reinforce and inform and make way for … [Read more...]
Underbike 2014: Never again, until we do it again.
We came into Underbike by way of the forever 29th bicycle birthday party that is Interbike. We do this of our own accord every single time. But all we really care about is the rock and roll. Blinded by an expo floor of too many phenomenal things and an uncertainty for eye contact, gives way to real good times at the end of Thursday. Backstory: Superissimo had been a micro-juggernaut until the late spring of 2014 at which point breaking … [Read more...]
Now Hiring Technici Profezzionale!
We’re Totally Hiring Tech Professionals! Req'd Education: 2 year Technical Degree or equivalent work experience PLUS 10 - 15 years of bici-shoppe experiencia PLUS no children or wife or complainings. Travel: Totally All-Times/ Most Days. Relocation: Please relocate if you are not currently staying around here. Job Description Major Hand-typed Bicycle-specific Website Corporation World-Tour team is … [Read more...]
The Cult of the Bridgestone RB-1
My introduction to cycling was during the late ages of European steel. I was awarded this introduction during appeasable times as both wrench and cyclist for Domenic Malvestuto and Domenic's Cycling Imports. It was under his tutelage that I learned of the heritage of "old steel." Like fine art in some cases, I absorbed its meaning over time. In that time however, Bridgestone Bicycles, and the now-somewhat elusive RB-1 was a domesticated … [Read more...]
Ape.X Produtti Naturale
We cañot have a moment of no winning. We thank this is a very large importance, and the equipment for victoire is here now, for most of a man's kind. Look. Take this technicologie to the level of champion by looking back in the time to our ancestor-mans. Did this mans hunt a bear to the dirt for a lady? OUI. Did this mans make wolf love under a sky of macho? OUI. Did this mans wear a wicking sport fancy shirt when he knock le faque out of … [Read more...]
On When to Walk
My inagural effort was the AZT from the Picketpost south. I know the parts, loosely. It is arguably one of the more premier segments of the AZT; Picketpost, Rypsey, The Boulders and other fine thread. The plan was pretty ideal too, you know, without so much deprivation that I'd resort to crying. I expected one or at most, two nights among the stars before arrival at the 24 Hours in Old Pueblo where I would imbibe and generally not ride with all … [Read more...]
Tim Allen – Fat Bike Hoggin For Dollars
Earlier in February, Tim Allen stepped aboard a fat bike to steal $500 bucks from all his friends at the Teva Winter Games 2013. Tim Allen has been a card carrying pro for a few years. He knows the Cave better than most, and often giggles about it. His challenger for the day was Todd Wells' non-brother Jake Wells. Knowing of Tim's palmares, and word of its application to fat bike, and my curiosity brought around simple questions. Or maybe it was … [Read more...]
How To: Superissimo Küzette Repair Kit
I have never agree with a bag dangling from the seat like a pair of americanische trucking ball (pelota). This happens so muche in the pleasure cycling I am shaking my mind. The bags are so big I can fit a half a cabbage there and why? Who is preparing like this? Who is having a head so big? Today, we are showing how to make you own Superissimo Küzette Repair Kit with a favorite Superissimo küzi. Okay, so introduce the Superissimo Küzette Repair … [Read more...]