Random Bits

Welcome to the holiday season! I’ve been so busy with shopping for bike parts, replacing bike parts, testing bike parts, buying and selling bike parts on eBay, and even sneaking a few rides in when it wasn’t snowing or freezing, I’ve neglected to write anything. Rather than take yet another cheap shot at vBulletin4 beta, … Read more

Salt Lake City will never be Portland, but it gets a little closer every day. Recently, the City Council approved a resolution that would allow all of the 150-175 unclaimed bicycles that the police collect each year to be donated to the city’s nonprofit bicycle collective. Usually, they would be kept for 90 days, then … Read more

Not too long ago, a friend sent me a link to an article about KVA Stainless steel. To save you the trouble of reading about the company, and the article about them, let me sum it up for you.  After being turned down by Ford, KVA decided to make tubing for bicycle frames. To say … Read more

Approximately 6,400 bikes equipped with Easton EA30 stems are being recalled, as the stems can crack, causing a steering failure. There has only been one result of a failure resulting in injury so far. Models being recalled are all Raleigh 2007, XXIX 700c MTN, RX1.0, Diamondback 2007, Mission, and Sortie bicycles with EA30 stems. The … Read more

I heard from Mike at Stem Captain yesterday. He was just heading out to see his machinist with the final drawings for their new compass. With any luck, it should be available around Thanksgiving. With the economy being what it is, a Stem Captain would be a very affordable gift for your favorite cyclist this … Read more