Rando-Roller Shakedown #2

I tried out a few of the Carradice mounting hacks last night and rode to work with the saddlebag this morning. Full pictures will be forthcoming, but I used a longer toe strap and a section of PVC pipe mounted to the seat tube to push the bag back a bit, away from my thighs, […]

Evolution of a Steamroller

Keith asked for it, so here it is: the evolution of the Steamroller. The bike started as a stripped down hipster track bike. This is right after the initial build: It stayed this way for roughly a year or so, with a few slight variations. I rode bullhorns periodically, got a new wheelset (Miche Primato […]

Hacks

I’m not sure why I didn’t think to look before, but I found a bag dedicated to Carradice mounting hacks.

Riding

Today was supposed to a long ride north, in preparation for the populaire in a few weeks. I hoped to do 30 or 40 miles, testing out the new rando setup and feeling out the hill climbing abilities of the Steamroller’s new gearing. This was not, hoever, to be. About two miles out, cresting a […]

Ellul

From chapter four of Presence of the Kingdom: It is only in Jesus Christ that we have any possibility of understanding this wild adventure on which we have started, for in the midst of these shadows He is there, the Person, the Event, in the midst of these whirlwinds of facts, the Author and Finisher […]

An Evolution, of Sorts

I was talking to David today via email about commuting bicycles. He had just returned from Italy, and noted that the typical bicycle there was kitted for practical commuting–comfy saddles and handlebars, upright riding positions, panniers, etc. And he said he was thinking about following suit. I couldn’t agree more. The commute over the past […]