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Bike Safety 101: Never Ride A Bike
Don't want to end up looking like one of those zombies from Walking Dead? Then always wear a helmet when you ride -- or better yet, never ride a bike.At least that's the message I think any reasonable...
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Retrogrouchy Cycle Clothing
Eroica California wrapped up its second run a couple of weeks ago, and Eroica Britannia will be coming up soon. After the California edition, there was much discussion (and much griping) about the...
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Disc Brake Trial to Resume in June
Last month, after professional racer Francisco Ventoso of the Movistar team had his leg sliced badly - reportedly because of contact with another rider's disc brake rotor in a collision at...
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Bike Safety 101: Only One Road
In the Bike Safety 101 series, I've looked at a lot of bicycle safety films and other educational materials from the 1940s through the '80s: some were mind-numbingly dull, while others were scolding,...
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Coming Unhinged: Trocadero Twisting Frame Bike
Every now and then, an idea comes along that makes any rational person think "Why?".Often, the answer is simply, "Why not?".I suppose that's the only way to explain this new bike from a trio of French...
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TwiCycle - 2 Wheel Drive Bicycle
You know what's wrong with bicycling? It isn't a full-body workout - and that just annoys the crap out of some inventors, which is why there are so many people out there trying to turn some variation...
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Electronic vs. Mechanical Shifting
I saw this article on CyclingWeekly the other day: "Six Reasons Why Electronic Groupsets Are Better Than Mechanical."If you are, like I am, an unrepentant retrogrouch, you probably don't care one whit...
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Riding the Roundabout
A lot of communities in the U.S. are now adopting the "Traffic Roundabout" for some of their intersections. I know very few people who actually like them, many more who are consternated by them, and...
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More Affordable Silca Pump
Back in 2014, the new American-based Silca company introduced cyclists to the Ultimate Inflation Tool. At $450, the Super Pista Ultimate was way too exclusive to be called a "pump." While it has been...
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Portable Pumps
I recently had a request from a reader to write about portable pumps for the retro-grouchy. I don't have the funds to do a full and thorough comparison, and companies aren't exactly falling over...
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Record Bike Commuting Numbers
Last time I reported on my bike commuting was in December as the Fall semester was wrapping up. At that time I had a bike-to-work average of 75%, the best I'd ever had at the mid-way point in the year....
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GPs Thoughts on Disc Brakes
I saw this post on the Rivendell Blug not too long ago about disc brakes vs. rim brakes. Needless to say, Grant Petersen says a lot of the same things I do about disc brakes, but with his years of...
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It's Officially Summer
I know the Summer Solstice doesn't happen until June 20, but for me and the Retro-Kids, today is the official beginning of Summer. It's their first day of Summer break, we got to go out for a bike ride...
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Jocelyn Lovell - Canadian Cycling Hero: 1950 - 2016
Though a lot of cycling fans in the U.S. might not be familiar with the name, bike racer Jocelyn Lovell was as big of a hero in Canada as somebody like Greg LeMond here in the states. Lovell was a...
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Classic Rendezvous Weekend Reports
There haven't been any Retrogrouch updates for at least a week or more - Sorry. Internet access has been spotty. More on that later.In the meantime, I can report that the Classic Rendezvous group had a...
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A Visit To Mercian Cycles
People may or may not have noticed a lack of posts to the blog for the last couple of weeks. I generally don't like to announce to the world at large when I'm out of town (Hey everyone on the internet,...
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Nothing Sounds Like "Heat" More Than the Drone of Cicadas
A few weeks ago, the 17-year cicadas emerged and the sound of their rattling filled the air, but nowhere was their sound more overwhelming than in our local bicycling mecca, the Cuyahoga Valley. The...
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The Coolest Bike Accessory Of 932 A.D.
Remember this?"You're using coconuts! You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're banging''em together!"Well, now a company called Trotify brings us the coolest bike accessory of 932 A.D.Mount...
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New Leather Saddles from Selle Italia
It's always nice to have choices. And if you like traditional leather saddles, as I do, then you may be glad to know there are some new choices available. Italian saddle maker Selle Italia (whose name...
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