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Tikit followup
This is a followup to my previous mini-report on the Bike Friday Tikit. I took it on a 10 day trip to Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Saugerties, NY. This involved two flights and a lot of car travel. I used the bike for 3 twenty mile rides, mostly in the Saugerties/Woodstock area. The rides were really...
Posted 30 August, 2007, 09:51 PM by AlexWetmore
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Bike Friday Tikit mini-report
My Bike Friday Tikit arrived last week. I found it at my house around 5:15pm and had it unpacked and ready to ride by 5:30. The bike unpacks really fast and I enjoyed my first ride on it (with a few component exceptions). Over the weekend I converted it to drop bars and made a front porteur rack for...
Posted 07 August, 2007, 09:22 PM by AlexWetmore
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Seasons Speeding Tikit Porteur
I've finished my most recent round of hacking on my Bike Friday Tikit. I call it the Seasons Speeding Tikit Porteur. Seasons because that is what Bike Friday calls the Tikit with an internal hub. Speeding because that is what they call it when you put on drop bars. Porteur because it has a (mini...
Posted 17 April, 2009, 10:21 AM by AlexWetmore
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Tikit conversion to internal hub gear
I've always thought that the Bike Friday Tikit should have an internal hub gear. The range with the derailleur is less than most 7sp and 8sp hub gears and the hub gear is cleaner and better protected from the environment, all good things on a commute oriented folder. I expect that Bike Friday released...
Posted 28 October, 2007, 08:38 PM by AlexWetmore
A Saturday morning folding bike breakfast
Kent, Mark and I met at the top of the I90 bridge this morning for some socializing and bike geeking. The toys of the day were my Bike Friday Tikit and Kent's Dahon Curve. Mark brought along Jan Heine's Alex Singer -- normally one of the most interesting bikes of the bunch, but today it didn't...
Posted 29 September, 2007, 03:39 PM by AlexWetmore
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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...
Posted 02 January, 2009, 09:43 AM by AlexWetmore
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Chestertown, MD to Newark, DE bike ride
I'm on the east coast visiting my family this week. My mom and I enjoyed a nice mother's day weekend on the Eastern Shore (of the Cheasapeake) and today I headed up to my dad's house outside of Philadelphia. I flew out here with my folding bike (Bike Friday Tikit). The $15 bag checking fee...
Posted 11 May, 2009, 07:20 PM by AlexWetmore
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Some Projects Wrap Up, Others Begin....
I rode about 60 miles on the Cycle Truck during the last week. During the week I was just riding it as a naked bike, but yesterday I fashioned together a basic container using a recycle bin and some muffler clamps. It'll do until I have a chance to build a real front rack (right now I'm waiting...
Posted 13 July, 2008, 10:42 PM by AlexWetmore
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Tried and Liked 2007 (bike and not bike)
This is a normal internet-BOB (a bicycle mailing list) way of finishing out the year. I sort of missed it this year (spent too much time on the basement to read the list), so I'll try doing it with the blog. There is bike and not bike stuff here to make all blog readers happy. Not Bike Le Creuset...
Posted 31 December, 2007, 05:23 PM by admin
Oregon BCA Show
On Saturday morning Alistair and I met at my house and biked down to Seattle Amtrak station.  We were heading to Portland for the Oregon Bicycle Constructor's Association show.  Taking bikes on Amtrak was great, Alistair just rolled his bike into the baggage car and I folded my Tikit it...
Posted 12 November, 2007, 11:53 AM by AlexWetmore
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