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Guest Article: Urs Freuler- The Ultimate Cyclo-tash

Somehow Movember and Vajanuary have slipped out of our grasp without too much fanfare. It’s never too late to pay homage to a ‘stash and a rider such as Urs Freuler. Our trusty cycling historian @wiscot has once again stepped up and delivered, many thanks. Yours in Cycling, Gianni…...

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  1. On the subject of American Flyers: Kevin Costner. »

In Memoriam: The Proper Head Badge

The days of the proper head badge, I’m afraid, are numbered. It seems it used to be that any road bike with a pedigree that was really worth riding was festooned with an artful adornment on the head tube. By that I mean something made with a bit of heft, stamped or cast of alloy and riveted front and center. More and more though we’re s...

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  1. For carbon, my hope is that head badges (AND COLOR!) will return with more artful layups. There is no reason you can’t get some very striking effects.with some etching and a cosmetic weave or two. And is there some reason that resins can’t add at least a… »

Portland Oregon Cogal

Ah, the Pacific NW in winter, who can beat it? To ride in the foothills of some of the most majestic snow-capped volcanoes on the planet, with views of the Pacific Ocean or Puget Sound (which is almost the same as a view of the ocean).Anyway, take my word for it that all that is out there somewhere, because those who join us February 4th for the Po...

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  1. What a keen sense of timing I’ve got… »

  2. I’m with robertsexton in wanting to know a bit more about the route. I’m good for some climbing, and for 127k, but for both in February, I’m not exactly… err, peaking, i.e. fitting into all my kit. Unlike the Skeleton Man, I want to have some kind of ide… »