Bikes
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Bikes to Like: Lauren K.’s Dahon Speed D7
Welcome to March, my favorite month of the year. What better way to kick it off than with another Bikes to Like? Yippee! Lauren, a D.C. bike commuter and regular member of the #FridayCoffeeClub, rides around the city on small wheels. I haven’t seen too many small wheeled commuters out and about and when I… Continue reading
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Bikes To Like: Pedro Gringo’s Surly Troll
Avid cyclist and stalwart commuter Pedro Gringo is one of my favorite people from the flickrverse. I regularly check in on his two-wheeled activities, which range from power naps and puppy rescues to mountain biking and gear tests. When I saw his fat bike (see how hip I am saying fat bike?), I knew it… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Dan’s 1987 Trek 330 Elance
I recently met Dan during a lunch stop on a 200K permanent that Felkerino and I were doing. Dan was riding a populaire with some friends out of Frederick, Maryland, and his group had stopped for lunch at the same establishment. Everyone had placed their bikes wherever space allowed alongside the restaurant. Amid the menagerie… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Bob W.’s Kogswell Porteur Randonneur
Bob W. is one of the people who regularly organizes longer rides (centuries) up in the Baltimore area. I have not ridden with Bob (yet!), but regularly follow his travels through flickr. One of his randonneur bikes caught my eye, as he had recently put it through its paces on the well-known and challenging Deerfield… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Dan B.’s P-38 Recumbent
It’s time for more Bikes to Like, and you know what’s not been getting any love in this series? The recumbent! To remedy that situation, I called on one of my favorite recument riders, Pittsburgh-based randonneur Dan B. If you’ve ever met Dan, you know that he is one strong bike rider. Not only does… Continue reading
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Paris-Brest-Paris by Tandem
Have you heard enough about PBP yet? Well, hang on just a minute, because I’ve got one more story to share with you. Continue reading
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Velo Orange Mixte and a Meetup with the Severna Park Peloton
This weekend Felkerino and I went for our first bike ride of any significance since PBP; it was a grand total of 15 miles. Hey, not every ride can be epic, ok? Our legs felt good, yet we enjoyed taking it easy and tooling around. Since holiday weekends also set up well for project bikes,… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Lowell and Cheri’s Santana Sovereign
Last year I watched as Lowell and Cheri completed a Super Randonneur series on their beautiful Santana tandem. It was pretty cool to see, as Cheri had recently started randonneuring, and not only completed an SR series, but went on to complete an R-12, too! Their Santana always looks so good, that I just had… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Alec B.’s Velo Orange Randonneur
Randonneur Alec B. recently moved to our area and began riding brevets with the D.C. Randonneurs this year. Alec lives car-free and impressed many of us by not only riding the brevets and the Shenandoah 1200K, but riding his bike from Annapolis to the ride starts, often camping under the stars the night before. Felkerino… Continue reading
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Tandem notes: “She’s not pedaling!” Seriously?!
As you may already know (since I really like to talk about it), Felkerino and I met on a tandem first date and we’ve been riding together ever since. Riding tandem with Felkerino was my first exposure to this family of freak bikes, but at the time I don’t remember thinking much about it. Now… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Mark B.’s Velo Orange Randonneur
When I saw Mark B.’s Velo Orange Randonneur making an appearance on rides this year, I knew it had to be part of Bikes to Like. His bike is so lucky. It gets to traverse the stunningly beautiful terrain of the Shenandoah Valley, which Mark calls home. Here is what Mark had to say about… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Ron and Barb’s Burley Paso Doble Tandem
I remember the first time I rode with Barb and Ron. I spied the Berthoud bag adorning on their steel Burley, their matching Swobo jerseys, and thought to myself, “These are some stylin’ randonneurs. I must find out who they are.” And so I did. Ron and Barb are great randoneuring buddies with wicked senses of… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Bill B.’s Trek Madone SSLx
That’s right, people. It’s a double feature of Bikes to Like this week on Chasing Mailboxes. Today, I highlight Bill B.’s Trek Madone. Bill, the excellent RBA for the D.C. Randonneurs and our head photographer, has completed many MANY brevets on his Trek Madone. I was curious how he managed to make a randonneuring bike… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Mike B.’s Surly Long Haul Trucker
I am a big fan of the Surly Long Haul Trucker. Fellow blogger and cyclist Mike B. owns a Surly LHT in my favorite color, truckaccino. Mike is also a member of the Severna Park Peloton in (guess?) Severna Park, Maryland, and has ridden his Surly for both commuting and brevets. Read on to find out… Continue reading
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Velocity Bicycle Coop: Schwinn Paramount or Rivendell custom, anyone?
Last night Felkerino and I went to visit the Velocity Bicycle Coop in Alexandria, Virginia. It’s been up and running since May of 2010, but yesterday was our first visit. We stopped by at a good time because a collector had just given some of his beautiful bikes to the coop. These included two Rivendell… Continue reading
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Building up the Velo Orange Mixte
Felkerino and the VO MixteOriginally uploaded by Gersemalina Felkerino’s been working on this winter’s project bike, my Velo Orange Mixte. It’s coming together! Continue reading
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Treasure! Velo Orange Mixte
This week, a present arrived for me. What? A present for me?! What could it be… Continue reading
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Our Co-Motion Tandem
Felkerino and I ride tandem together a fair amount, with our longest tandem ride being a 1200 kilometer grand randonnee. I only share that with you in an effort to brag socially unacceptably establish my tandem credentials. Continue reading
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Field Trip: Harper’s Bike Shop. Knoxville, Tennessee
The final stop of the recent Tennessee bike tour work trip was Harper’s Bike Shop in Knoxville, Tennessee. This was a large shop just outside of the University of Tennessee campus, and has been around for 50 years. At least, that’s what I was told. Continue reading
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Field Trip: River City Bicycles, Chattanooga, TN
While my trip to Tennessee has ended, the memories of my bike shop tour work trip live on in my memories and on this blog. River City Bicycles in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was my third bike shop destination. This is an inviting shop with a large retail space. I must confess that I did… Continue reading
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Field Trip: Suck Creek Cycle. Chattanooga, Tennessee
As I like to keep telling people, last week was mostly work on location in Tennessee. That said, I still eeked out time to poke my nose into some of the local bike shops. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Shop number 2 for the week was Suck Creek Cycle in Chattanooga. The shop’s… Continue reading
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Field Trip: Tennessee Valley Bicycles. Knoxville, Tennessee
This past week I’ve been on location in Knoxville, Tennessee. It’s been mostly work, but as soon as I had a break I asked the hotel clerk where I might find a local bike shop that leaned more toward the touring and utility cyclist. The clerk helpfully pointed me in the direction of Tennesseey Valley Bicycles.… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: Cannondale Tandem
This week I’ve been reminiscing about Felkerino’s and my very first tandem, a dark gray aluminum Cannondale mountain frame. During our first two years plus of riding together, the Cannondale tandem was our steed of choice. We took it on tour from Rockville, Md. up to Niagara Falls, made it through two Super Randonneur series’,… Continue reading
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Bikes to Like: The Surly Long Haul Trucker
First of all, way to go, rain commuters! That was quite a rain on the homeward trek, no? Lightning and everything! Now, on with the show. As I’ve mentioned, certain bikes on the commute really catch my eye. One of those is the Surly Long Haul Trucker, which I also use as my primary commute… Continue reading
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Summer Solstice Dahon Hon Solo Ride
Summer officially arrived in Washington, D.C. on Monday, and I decided it was time to pull out my summer bike, the Dahon Hon Solo. This is a limited edition folder with 16 20″ wheels from (guess?) Dahon and is also (guess?) a single speed! This bike is so much fun to ride. It’s functional, fits… Continue reading
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