Wednesday and Thursday I rode steep trails in Utah on an electric-assist mountain bike, and I loved it. The bike was a Specialized Turbo Levo SL. It’s an interesting bike and is a little bit of a wonderful oddity in the world of e-bikes. It’s lighter and provides less assist than most other options. At […]
A few pictures from our ride from the Downtown shop to Fricano’s in Alamo. We had a beautiful evening, delicious food and about 20 attendees. This casual ride stuff is fun! We’ll do more soon. Many thanks to the nice folks at Fricano’s for having us.
We’ve been sponsoring the local Ride of Silence for a few years now, and I’m happy that we do. The Ride of Silence organization exists for three reasons: To honor cyclists who have been injured or killed. To raise awareness that cyclists are here. To ask that we all share the road. This is great […]
It’s back for 2019: our weekly ride from the Downtown shop. It starts in April and ends when we run out of either heat or daylight. Each Thursday we’ll chat for a few seconds at 6:15. Then we’ll be on our way. The rides are like this: The Fast Ride goes for anywhere between 27-35 […]
A few pictures and comments from an all-too-brief vacation in Tucson. I rented this lovely Trek Fuel EX 8 from a cool shop in town. They set up the suspension for me, topped off the sealant in the tubeless tires and gave me a seat pack with a spare tube and a couple of CO2 […]
It’s a little bit further away. It’s a little bit “harder.” There are more roots. The climbs are a little longer and steeper. There’s more sand. It’s an older, burlier, rugged trail. And I love it. Yesterday morning I took our demo Epic (with which I am completely infatuated) to sort of verify the feelings […]
Monday Night Mountain Bike. This typically takes place at the Maple Hill Trail or Fort Custer. Stay tuned to our facebook page for updates. Wednesday is Ladies Mountain Bike. This typically happens at Al Sabo or the Maple Hill Trail. Facebook is again a good place to look for updates. Thursday night is road riding […]
I love Iceman, but Iceman causes me a lot of stress (which is exactly the same stress it causes everyone else): am I fit enough? Where will I stay? How badly will my friends kick my butt? How will I get to wherever I’m staying after the pros finish? Last year some friends and I […]
Today started earlier (didn’t have to pick up the bike; merely had to wheel it out of the hotel room) and went longer. I started with something new, and was about two miles down the road when I realized I forgot my trail map. Engaging a total guy cliche, I did not turn around. Luckily […]
I attend meetings twice a year for a performance group of which I am (perhaps obviously) a part. Though I start going crazy when I’m away from the shop, it’s fantastic to hear what other shops across the country are doing and the things they’re trying to be successful. This time around I’m in California, […]
I love Iceman. Love it. Love the trip up. The expo (I don’t love the expo as an Expo, but as a place to chat with some folks from other towns and the manifold Industry Folk, it rules.). The foraging for food Friday night, terrified that the place you want to eat will have a […]
I belong to a small group of bike shop owners that meets twice a year, and each meeting is held at a member’s bike shop. Just last week we met in Fort Collins, CO. “Colorado?” thought I. “I’ll bet there’s some pretty good mountain biking in, you know, the mountains.” As I prefer not to Get […]
Nearly Solstice Ride 7:00 pm 6/20/15 Meet at the corner of Court and Church in Hastings 24 MIle BR Course Socializing and refreshments afterward at Waldorf Self-supported; bring what you need Front and Rear Lights Required
Join us if you can.
While visiting friends in Missoula, Montana, I very much wanted to check out the mountain bike scene. I searched the internet and found a bike shop from which to rent a bike and a weekly mountain bike group ride. I admit that I picked the shop, Missoula Bicycle Works, because they sell Konas and might have a […]
Some while ago — last summer? summer before last? — Our Gal Kim started getting a few friends together to hit the area trails on Monday evenings. Sometimes ten people would show, sometimes three. You could go as fast or not as you wished and it was consistently a really great time. I asked Kim […]
Heard of this Melting Mann gravel road race happening on March 9th, 2014? We have. We signed up. We wondered what we’d gotten ourselves into. And so it was that Special Pedal Operational Recon Team (SPORT) found ourselves at Swiss Valley ski area in the middle of a rain squall on a sixty degree November […]
I’m doing a race or ride or tour or something this Sunday, and hadn’t ridden a mile of the course, so I decided to take a day off and check it out. With 18 hours notice, I asked a few of my buddies if they’d like to ditch their jobs and come along, and had one […]
Our Scott rep called a few weeks ago and said, “I’d like to bring my boss to your shop on May first. Any chance we could get in an evening ride?” Ummmm… heck yes. Brad and Chris showed up just a tad later than planned, so we missed the start of the bike club‘s Wednesday […]
Warm weather is here, and it’s time to talk about shop rides. Why do we do shop rides? We do them so that we, people who work at Pedal, can ride our bikes. We do it so we can mingle with our customers. We do it so we can make new friends. We do it […]
