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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:04 PM

Re-raking forks for low trail

On Sunday a group from Point83 got together at a local bikeshop and re-raked some forks. Val Kleitz (used to own Bikesmith and bike mechanic extraordinaire) was there for a couple of hours to lend some advice. The goal of re-raking the forks was to add additional offset to decrease the bicycle's trail...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:30 PM

5 days and 200 miles in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Day 1 – Brush Prairie to Merrill Lake John and I loaded up the car early in the morning and drove down to Olympia to pick up Larry. In Olympia we had a nice breakfast, stocked up on food, and drove a couple of hours south the start of our trip. The weather on the trip down was a little worrisome as clear...
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Monday, May 17, 2010 9:13 PM

When every bike looks like a project...

Having the ability to modify bicycle frames means that I always modify bicycle frames. I rebuilt the front of Christine's bike, turning it from this: into this: It started with a pretty simple plan of building a low trail fork and a front rack. When I had the bike apart I measured it and discovered...
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Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:51 AM

First bike camping of 2009 -- North Fork Snoqualmie River

Friday after work Andre, Andrew and I biked up the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River searching for camping spots. None of us had been very far up the river before. The first section of the road is called 5710 and gives you access to Hancock and Calligan Lakes. It's a really nice stretch of road...
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Friday, January 02, 2009 9:43 AM

2008 Cycling Recap

I liked John's entry on this subject , so I'm copying it. It's a good reminder of what I've done and enjoyed. Rides The truth is that I probably rode less miles in 2008 than in a long time. I didn't do any multi-day touring and the current version of my commute is about 7 miles shorter...
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Friday, July 25, 2008 7:37 AM

bicycle blog tag

Some cycling blogs are playing this tag game with a series of questions about bikes. I was just tagged by John . I've also read the same set of questions on Tarik and Kent's blogs. I think this tag thing is kind of stupid, but I'll play along (mostly because John was so polite about it)....
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Friday, November 02, 2007 4:58 PM

Bridgestone RB-T back on the road

Two years ago my Bridgestone RB-T was my daily commuter. I took it apart (needed the parts for other bikes) when I got the Kogswell P/R. I loved the RB-T though, it was one of my best riding bikes. Two months ago John Speare offered me a low trail (high rake) steel fork for the RB-T. I jumped on it,...
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Sunday, July 01, 2007 8:40 PM

June S24O

Mark Vande Kamp, Kent Peterson, and I met with plans to camp at a lake that Mark had visited a decade ago. We had a low quality map, camping stuff for one night, and a desire for some nice riding, camping, socializing, maybe with a little adventure. In 45 miles of riding, largely on trails, I went from...
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Thursday, February 15, 2007 4:45 PM

Two bike projects wrapping up at the same time

It's been a good day for me. I got email this morning from the guy building my new bike frame that my frame is almost done and he had uploaded new photos. This is going to be a great bike, I can't wait to get it. It is built for a Rohloff hub, has a low trail fork geometry for good handling with a handlebar...
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