It's Christmas Eve 2014 and 50 degrees colder here in Santa Fe than what we have been accustomed to. After spending 14 days in west Texas and the Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park and sleeping in the tent or the teardrop trailer we are treating ourselves to two nights in Read More
We have used and sold King Cages for years. Ron Andrews started the company in Durango, Colorado and recently moved into new, larger accommodations. We stopped in on our way to West Texas and Ron gave us the tour. The price of admission was four Sew Your Oats oatmeal cookies from Bread bakery in Durango Read More
Even if you're a close follower of developments in bicycle lighting technology, you may not be familiar with the new generator hub systems from Shutter Precision, or SP. However, we suspect that you'll be hearing a good deal more about their hubs in the near future. With a background in the production of advanced photographic Read More
We are often asked why Surly specs bar-end shifters rather than integrated brake/shift levers on the Long Haul Trucker, Disc Trucker and Cross-Check. This is a good question and one we thought warranted some explanation. When you walk into most bike shops, you'll most likely find that every single new bike with drop bars is fitted Read More
DISCLAIMERS -The Bike Hermit started this post and turned it over to Ryan to do the un-boxing and comparisons of the lights reviewed here. During the final edit it became apparent that the Bike Hermit's contribution was somewhat incoherent and truculent. That part was removed in favor of Ryan's more measured and lucid approach. The Read More
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