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the season is underway. the smell of embrocation in the spring air. the group rides are getting faster and the sun is higher in the sky.
the pro's are slugging it out in Milan San Remo this Sunday so let's do another king kong classic.
thank you to all the folks who came out last time and made it such a good ride. Sunday, march 21st we will run the same route again starting at 9 am sharp from stumptown's downtown cafe on SW 3rd ave. if you want to get espresso, please show up with enough time to partake and be ready to roll at 9 sharp.
the route will head through north west Portland towards north plains and back again with some big hills along the way. a race pace is to be expected along but we are not racing for the world championships.
see you Sunday am.
grape ape.
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Specialized Susan G. Komen Ride for the Cure from velodramatic on Vimeo.
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Actually you need to click...HERE!
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Hub-Maker Phil Wood Passes Away
BAXTER, IA (BRAIN)—Phil Wood, the man responsible for sealed hubs and bottom brackets, died this week on his farm in Baxter, Iowa. He was 84.
He started the Phil Wood Company in 1971 as primarily a hub maker, though he offered other components. He sold the business to Peter Enright and a group of investors in 1991.
“I feel so lucky to have talked with him about a week before he passed away, and he mentioned again that he was so lucky to sell the business when he did,” said Enright, Phil Wood Company’s president.
“We talked off and on over the years, usually to catch up on news about his friends in the bike business. But he was quite happy to return to the farm after selling the business to help raise his granddaughter,” Enright added.
Wood was a problem-solver working at Food Machinery Corporation. Had he not been bothered chasing bearings for a hub he was rebuilding for his daughter, sealed-bearing hubs might have taken years to hit the bike market, Enright noted.
“He was complaining to Spence Wolf about why no one offered a sealed bearing hub and Wolf told him to make his own hub. A little while later he asked Spence how many he should make. It took Spence a bit to remember what he was talking about. He said make 50 hubs and the business was launched,” Enright said.
Wood’s family is deciding on funeral arrangements at this time.
“I’m glad he and I were able to have that last chat. He was a little bothered he wasn’t as ambulatory as he once was but he was content to move on,” Enright said.
—Matt Wiebe
text from Bicycle Retailer
photos by VeloDramatic
Forever have and will be the best Track Hubs ever made for riding on the street! Thank you.
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Fixed 4 from Charge Bikes on Vimeo.
And Hippo you're alright too!
Definitely getting pitted in that one! But what I would like to see more of is hella tight Hold Fast Straps and pavé hill bombs! That intro made my day and you climbed up up it. Come to LA so we can go fixed wheel mountain biking.
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Lots of love stories on Track Bikes these days! Anybody know about the one filmed in Bloomington, IN?
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AMAZING!
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photo from...HERE!
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photo from...HERE!
I would like to hear what people think of these...who's used one?
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photo and text by Sexy Sushi!
Adidas Samb, MADSAKI Model for biking. Complete water proof outer...stitched together with reflective thread. Antibacterial insole so you don't get stinky feet(Your always taking your shoes off in public in Japan). Shoe lace cover so your laces don't get caught in between your chain and chainring. And off course its Adidas Samba every ones favorite!
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