12.30.09 Posted in Wednesday Wisdom, bikes by admin
Sitting around over the holidays with a cold has given me time to do some random things. One of them is prepping for my own trip to the Giro d’Italia next year, and with airline bike fees skyrocketing, they can completely change the calculus of which flight is the cheapest. So, sitting in SFO and [...]
09.17.09 Posted in bikes by admin
Hat tip to the good folks at BRAIN’s The 5th Spot.
“This point of view—faster than a walk, slower than a train, often slightly higher than a person—became my panoramic window on much of the world over the last thirty years—and it still is. It’s a big window and it looks out on a mainly urban [...]
09.16.09 Posted in Bright Ideas, Interbike, Trade Show, bikes by jasonc
I posted a couple of outside-of-the-(cycling)box articles for exhibitors yesterday over on Twitter, one from Jason Calacanis and another from David Barrett. Even though they’re written with a tech audience in mind, they are both chock full o’ ideas useful to exhibitors. But what if you’re a retailer walking around a trade show? There’s not [...]
08.02.09 Posted in bikes, communications by jasonc
Josh Kadis recently tweeted about Campagnolo’s new chain tool for their 11-sp gruppos. Because of the very tight tolerances involved in such a setup, only Campagnolo’s (at least for now) chain tool will do. You can acquire said chain tool for $300, or more than what I paid for the elements of my last handbuilt [...]