When my 1976 Peugeot AO8 was built and sold I was all of twelve years old and don’t believe I ever saw a Peugeot bicycle until I was an adult as in my small town you could buy a CCM from the hardware store or a Raleigh from the bicycle shop and it was not [...]
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French Girls…
Posted in Cycling, tagged ao8, cycles peugeot, peugeot, procycle on June 12, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Making Hay When the Sun Shines…
Posted in Cycling, Life and Loves, tagged Bikemonth, Mavic wheels, Mocktails, Moulton Mk1, Raleigh Sports on June 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
It was a dreary and rainy weekend here which was not the best way to kick off Bikemonth (which runs throughout June) and is chock full of bikey goodness, thankfully the forecast for the week is for sunshine. Wednesday will be mocktails on the bridge and Friday morning will see me going to the Bikey [...]
Forrest, 2013
Posted in Cycling, tagged custom bicycle, MEC, Moulton, Phillip's 20 on May 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Finally got to take Forrest out for his first ride of the year and was most appreciative of those new fenders as we got caught in a thundershower… I do so love this bicycle and we have travelled so many thousands of km together over the past 5 years. Drop bolt and a snappy new [...]
Moulton F Redux
Posted in Cycling, tagged Moulton Mk1, Moulton Mk2, Nexus 7 speed on May 27, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“The Moulton bicycle was born out of my resolve to challenge and improve upon the classic bicycle, with its diamond frame and large wheels, which has locked bicycle design into that form since the pioneering work in England of Starley and others at the end of the 19th century” Dr. Alex Moulton (9th April 1920 [...]
A Diamond In The Rough
Posted in Cycling, tagged Bridgestone, Diamond, Kabuki, Suntour Cyclone, track bicycle on May 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
It would only make sense that when I decided to build my first real track bicycle that it too would have to be a vintage bicycle… it isn’t that I have not built and ridden a lot of fixed gear bicycles over the years but those were factory built road / club models like my [...]
It’s Springtime in Alberta… Seriously ?
Posted in Cycling, Life and Loves, tagged Ian Tyson. Springtime in Alberta, snow, Surly Pugsley, winter on March 19, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Without a woman another winter storm comes raging through and the mercury is falling… and I am left all alone. - Ian Tyson, Springtime in Alberta Last year at this time it was a little crisp but recall we were out riding our summer bicycles and celebrated St. Patrick’s day by going on a little pub [...]
Coffee, Ride, Repeat.
Posted in Cycling, Life and Loves, tagged Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Playbook, carradice, coffee, Earths General Store, Jardine parrot, Moulton Mk1, repeat, ride on February 16, 2013 | 1 Comment »
There is nothing quite as good as a little freshly ground Black and Tan coffee from Earth’s General Store to wrap up what has already been a busy morning… and some busy weeks. Got the kid off to work early and spent some time with the feathered babies, Noah is a baby Jardine or Red [...]
The Winter Blahs…
Posted in Cycling, Life and Loves on January 23, 2013 | 1 Comment »
I have not been riding much since I returned from Portland but did get out today to run some errands on the Norco (Mountaineer) which is my dedicated winter bicycle in that, it does not see any summer use as I have many other bicycles for that. When spring comes I will make sure it [...]
Soup
Posted in Cycling, Life and Loves, tagged bike swap, Breezer, idaho, portland, soup on January 16, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Sitting here with a fresh cup of coffee (Earth’s General Store Black and Tan) and with the birds chirping and clicking happily away I am going to make some soup here, the ingredients will be varied and I’ll just be throwing them in as they come to me and hope you like it. I did [...]
Snow Day
Posted in Cycling, Life and Loves on December 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I guess that sometimes you have to go and brush the snow off the bike too… Yesterday’s little blizzard left another 9-17 cm of snow on top of what has already fallen and the city is considering a seasonal parking ban due to the unusually high levels of snow we have received. December is our [...]