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  • Dave’s Bike Blog has moved


    I have out grown this space here and so have moved over to Square Space, my new address is:

    www.davesbikeblog.squarespace.com

    I am still “Dave’s Bike Blog” but at Squarespace instead of Blogspot.

    Squarespace and Blogspot sounds like a couple of cartoon [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2008, 1:57pm EDT

  • A restored 1977 English built frame


    I recently received a email with pictures from Rod Taylor, who lives in England. Rod is the original owner of a frame I built for him in 1977. In his message he wrote:

    “Out of all my bikes, road, track, audax, touring, roadster, cyclo-cross, [...]
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    Posted: July 18, 2008, 8:36am EDT

  • Please don’t make the bicycle a political issue

    When Dan Schleifer sent me a link to a site called Tree Hugger, running a story called “Why do Republicans Hate Bicycles,” my first reaction was, “I am not going to touch this with a ten foot pole.”

    I am not a citizen of this country, therefore I [...]
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    Posted: July 14, 2008, 6:00am EDT

  • Tagged once more

    I’ve been tagged again, this time by Ron over at Cozy Beehive. The idea is to write six random, unknown things about me. Then tag six other people to do the same.

    Here is my six:

    1.) As a child during the 1940s I lived in a [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2008, 5:40am EDT

  • Is there a connection between technology and rudeness?

    I own a cell phone with a cheap pre-paid plan.

    The phone stays turned off, until the rare occasion when I need to use it. I carry it for emergencies when I drive my car, or ride my bike.

    I have no desire to [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2008, 7:51am EDT

  • Helmet Poll Result

    After 15 days of voting, here are the results.

    Those who read this blog at least, wear a helmet all or most of the time; 13% don't

    In retrospect, I probably should have left the “saves lives” option out, because it split' [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2008, 8:23pm EDT

  • Cardboard Cycle, and a Bobby’s Bike Ban


    Two stories to emerge from England over the last few days:

    Phil Bridge, a 21 year old design student from Manchester, England, has designed the ultimate “Cheap” bike, made of cardboard.

    A cycle made from re-cycled material; you can’t get any greener than that. [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2008, 7:00am EDT

  • Friday Fun: Limericks

    I composed some limericks for your amusement, with a cycling flavor of course.

    A professional golfer from Spain
    Decided cycling would be his new game
    He had a good year
    'Til he slipped a gear
    And dimpled his balls on the frame.

    A roadie pedaling hard' [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2008, 6:43am EDT

  • Dear Penny

    I came across this rant from someone in England, and decided to post my response. Here is the original piece and my reply:

    “Dear Mr. Cyclist,

    Please learn how to ride your bike on the roads.
    YOU ARE NOT A CAR!

    Good for you being [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2008, 9:29am EDT

  • Bike lanes may disappear on Coleman Blvd.


    The people of my home town of Charleston, South Carolina, are proud of the new Cooper River Bridge. (Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.) Opened in 2005, it is a beautiful structure, and connects the Charleston Peninsula with Mount Pleasant on the east side.

    The new bridge [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2008, 10:45am EDT

  • Why do cyclists shave their legs? The only explanation you will ever need


    It’s hotter’n hell, 90 degrees (32 C.) and we are going out for the evening. My wife is wearing long pants.

    “Aren’t you going to be hot?” I ask. “Why don’t you wear a dress or shorts?”

    “I can’t, I haven’t shaved my legs.”
    [...]
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    Posted: June 20, 2008, 6:27am EDT

  • Helmets: Now you can vote


    After the first three comments on my last “Dispelling the Myth” post, I posted my own comment saying I hoped this wasn’t going to turn into yet another helmet discussion.

    Then I thought “To hell with it,” deleted my comment, stepped back and let the [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2008, 5:41am EDT

  • Dispelling the myth

    I have just read a wonderful pro cycling article in the British Medical Journal. (BMJ) It came out last December so you may have already seen it. If not, there is a link at the end.

    What makes this piece different is that it is not written by [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2008, 7:18am EDT

  • Looking one way, driving another


    A cyclist is about to ride across a busy main highway; there are two lanes westbound, and two lanes eastbound, with a center median or possibly a turn lane.

    There is no traffic light, and only a two-way stop; cross traffic does not stop. The [...]
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    Posted: June 13, 2008, 10:28am EDT

  • New South Carolina Laws to Protect Cyclists

    Mark Sanford, Governor of my adopted home state of South Carolina, signed a new bill into law yesterday, clarifying that cyclists have as much right to the state's roads as motorists do.

    Motorists will be required to keep a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the cyclist. As' [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2008, 5:33am EDT

  • The West Ashley Greenway


    I recently learned of SCtrails.net which lists all the Biking and Hiking Trails in the State of South Carolina.

    On this website, I discovered the West Ashley Greenway, which runs from the Windermere district, just over the Stono River from James Island, [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2008, 5:45am EDT

  • A Million Bucks? What a Crock*


    This is a bike that Koga has developed for Dutch Olympic hopeful Theo Bos. Koga claims they have spent a million US dollars developing this special one off bike.

    I’m sorry I don’t buy it, all I see is just another carbon fiber [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2008, 7:49am EDT

  • Graffiti


    A car collides into cyclists participating in a race in Mexico's northern border city of Matamoros on Sunday. One rider died, ten are injured.

    This is extreme ugliness, man made ugliness as it always is. How can I write about a such a tragedy' [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2008, 5:23am EDT

  • James Starley: Father of the Bicycle Industry


    James Starley (1830 - 1881) is considered to be the "Father of the Bicycle Industry." Born in Albourne, Sussex in the South of England, James Starley (Above.) left home at eighteen years old and took a job as a gardener.

    Starley was a mechanical [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2008, 4:58am EDT

  • What brings them here?

    This blog gets around 1,200 hits a day now. Many people find it via a Google search. Here are some of the more unusual phrases that people have used to arrive here.

    When can you shave your legs as a cyclist?
    Any day that has an “R” in it. [...]
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    Posted: May 30, 2008, 5:25am EDT

  • Passion

    Cycling is a passion; or rather, it can become one. Passion is one of those words that is not easy to explain, although Wikipedia has an explanation as good as any I’ve seen.

    It has to be experienced to really know what it is. Cycling has become a [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2008, 6:52am EDT

  • A short story: AJ, the cyclist, and a large brown dog

    Driving his old Ford truck on Rural Route 61; AJ was rolling along at about sixty, his usual 5 mph over the speed limit. Some distance three cars were ahead of him. As they approached a bend in the road, he saw the brake lights come on.

    As [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2008, 8:35am EDT

  • What if gas were $10 a gallon?


    An article on MSN Money Central began as follows:

    ...."In four years, U.S. gas prices have doubled to more than $3.70 a gallon, and crude oil has tripled to around $125 a barrel.

    Allowing for inflation, that's higher than prices were during the'" [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2008, 3:28am EDT

  • Einstein letter sold at auction


    A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as collection of honorable but "pretty childish" stories, has sold at auction in London for more than US $400,000.

    Einstein wrote the hand written [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2008, 9:17am EDT

  • More thoughts on thinking

    This piece is a follow-up to my last post about negative thinking. The reason I know a little about the subject is not from anything I read in a book, but from experience.

    Believe it or not but I was once a very negative person. I believed in [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2008, 6:07am EDT

  • Fear and Negativity: Dont even think about it

    Before I posted my last piece about the Australian road rage incident, I faced a dilemma; should I post the story or not. Most times, I shy away from posting negative articles.

    However, I decided to go ahead, because I knew others would run with the story anyway. [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2008, 8:28am EDT

  • Furious driver takes out 50-strong cycle pack


    A group of about 50 top Austrialian cyclists were involved in a hit and run, road-rage incident this morning.

    The group made up of professional riders, Olympic hopefuls, and top amateurs on a training ride in Sydney, Australia, at 6:30 am. A driver, agitated with [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2008, 7:43am EDT

  • A little bit of history: Update


    At the end of last February, I wrote “A little bit of history sold on eBay.”

    A custom touring frame that I built in 1982 came under the virtual hammer. The bike had previously featured in a Bicycling magazine road test.

    The [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2008, 7:43am EDT

  • The Paris Galibier Frame


    In 1950 as a 14 year old, I attended Luton Technical School, some 30 miles north of London, England.

    Adjacent to that school was a Technical College for older engineering students. Many of these students were racing cyclists and would leave their bikes in the [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2008, 6:20am EDT

  • The Wave


    A wave of the hand has to be one of the most simple and yet basic of human gestures.

    A wave can say, “Hi,” or it can say, Thank you.”

    Most important a wave to a stranger is saying “I acknowledge your existence, [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 7:21am EDT

  • Cyclists live longer

    Here is a link to a humorous TV ad from Holland.

    Statistics actually confirm the statement made in the ad is true; that is, with the exception of one. When comparing the fatality risk by miles traveled, every one million miles cycled, (1.6 Million Kilometers.) produces 0.039 cyclist [...]
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    Posted: April 28, 2008, 4:32am EDT

  • What to wear


    The picture above is from 1952; the year I started racing and riding seriously. The photo taken at a British Hill Climb; typically an end of season event taking place around October when temperatures were falling slightly.

    Notice what the spectators are wearing; regular everyday [...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2008, 7:47am EDT

  • Whats your sign?


    This picture was on a Mothers’ Day card that caught my eye in a Target store. The caption inside reads, “Thanks for always covering my back.”

    I started thinking, what would my sign say? Probably something like this:

    “Thank you for your patience. [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2008, 5:08am EDT

  • 1953 Giro dItalia: Coppi and Koblet in an epic battle



    Here is some silent black and white newsreel footage from the 1953 Giro d’Italia; featuring Italy's Fausto Coppi and Swiss rider Hugo Koblet.

    When Coppi was on top form, he was unbeatable; however, Koblet was one of the few riders of that same era who [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2008, 9:45am EDT

  • Wasting Space

    The two most bicycle friendly countries in Europe are Demark and Holland. (Netherlands)

    It is not so much that these two countries developed a bicycle culture, they never really opted out of it, while the rest of Europe followed the United States and gradually switched [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2008, 6:18am EDT

  • Understanding other cultures


    Probably one of the main causes of problems between the nations of the world is a failure to understand the difference in each other’s beliefs, customs, and general way of life.

    When I wrote an article last September called “Womankind,” linking to a blog [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2008, 4:27am EDT

  • Cyclists Gone Wild


    Taking the lane is one thing, but taking the whole lane for no reason other than you can if there is enough of you in the group, as I see it is just plain wrong.

    After complaints from motorists, police in Winter Park, Florida were [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2008, 9:24am EDT

  • Classic Dutch Bicycle Pictures

    I found these wonderful classic Dutch bicycle photos from collector Andre Koopman.

    It is a mixture of photographs of this collector's bicycles, plus prints made from the old original glass plate negatives, some dating back to the late 1800s. These came from the [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2008, 5:08am EDT

  • A short cycling safety video



    I came across this California League Cycling Instructor's bicycle safety video via Philadelphia Bicycle News.

    I had to smile at this quote:

    “It's duly noted that these are very skilled, faster cyclists interacting with relatively polite Southern California motorists traveling at moderate speeds.”
    [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2008, 5:15am EDT

  • Why are large frames more prone to shimmy?

    Over on the Serotta Forum the subject of shimmy was being discussed; this subject is probably discussed on bike forums more that any other. One member posted the following:

    “Am I nuts, or do all shimmy prone bikes have one thing in common?
    Large size frames.
    I ride [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2008, 5:21am EDT

  • An old friend comes home


    In 1982, soon after I started building my own custom frames, I built a 58cm. frame that was somewhat of a showpiece. It was dark blue with lots of chrome.

    I am pretty sure this was the frame I posed with in the Masi shop, [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2008, 6:01am EDT

  • A new cycling hazard


    There is a new hazard for cyclists that has been brought to my attention.

    The chances of anyone experiencing this is remote, but never the less it would be remiss of me if I didn?t pass on this information.

    It is a [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2008, 4:15am EDT

  • What does share the road really mean?


    The following comment was made on my last post:

    "I agree that we all share the roads, etc. What I do not understand is cyclists who will steadfastly ride in the middle of a thoroughfare lane while cars back up for blocks behind them not [...]
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    Posted: March 30, 2008, 10:05am EDT

  • Human Rights

    After my last article when I expressed my faith in human decency, that faith was put to the test when I read of the aftermath of the Bay Area tragedy when two cyclists were killed by a sheriff?s deputy?s car.

    The media reflecting public opinion take on a [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2008, 5:18am EDT

  • Prejudice and intolerance

    Chicago?s Mayor Daley introduced an ordinance last month that would impose fines ranging from $150 to $500 on motorists who turn left or right in front of someone on a bicycle; pass with less than three feet of space between car and bike; and open a vehicle door into the [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2008, 4:23am EDT

  • Like finding an old Corvette in a barn


    The smiling face you see above is Tom Cook of Chandler, Arizona. Tom has good reason to smile; a friend of his, knowing he was an avid cyclist, gave him his old bike that had been sitting in this original owners garage for many years.
    [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2008, 6:18am EDT

  • 1970s Time-Trial Bike

    Fag paper clearances. (British slang for cigarette paper.) Meaning the rear wheel was so close to the seat tube that you could barely get a cigarette paper between the tire and the frame tube. See the picture above.

    This was an extreme fashion fad in the [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2008, 4:21am EDT

  • More questions than answers


    People email me with all kinds of questions about bikes and I have to admit I know a lot, but not everything.

    Someone might find a frame in the dumpster and email me pictures asking if I know what it is. I may know, I [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2008, 6:22am EDT

  • Awareness Test

    London Transport is a huge government agency that runs all public transport in the City of London. The Underground (Subway) system and those familiar red double-decker buses are London Transport.

    They also view bicycles as a genuine form of transport, and have put out this wonderful video. View the [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2008, 5:59am EDT

  • Fixing fixed wheel terminology

    Buffalo Bill writing on Moving Target about an article in the British Guardian/Observer newspaper on the Fixie craze.

    Bill was ticked at the journalist writing the piece because she referred to the bikes as fixed gear when the correct term for the UK should be fixed wheel.
    [...]
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    Posted: March 10, 2008, 5:14am EDT

  • The London Commuter


    There has been a trend in the last few months in that my blog gets consistently more and more hits from Great Britain.

    For every thousand hits from the US I get roughly a third of that number from the UK on any given [...]
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    Posted: March 06, 2008, 5:50am EST

  • Taping Handlebars

    Re-taping handlebars is one of those jobs that most cyclists have done many times. However, there has to be those out there doing it for the first time, and handlebar tape for some strange reason, is usually sold in a packet with no instructions what so ever.

    It [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2008, 4:23am EST

  • A little bit of history sold on eBay


    A custom 'dave moulton' touring bicycle that featured in a "Bicycling" magazine road test in January 1983, sold on eBay last evening.

    There were only 20 of this particular model built; I put in a call to the seller last week to ask [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 6:11am EST

  • Back in the (Brooks) saddle again


    When I started cycling in the early 1950s, all bicycle saddles were leather. Cheap bikes had cheap leather saddles, and the best bikes had a Brooks leather saddle.

    Top professional riders worldwide rode on a Brooks. The standard road race saddle was the B17 [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2008, 4:25am EST

  • The strange things people do


    Between 1982 and 1986 I built 216 custom dave moulton frames; the frame numbers were registered in a book that I still have. I built a few more between 1986 and 1993 when I retired from framebuilding, but so few that I didnt even record [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2008, 5:23am EST

  • The Happiest Place on Earth


    Did anyone catch 60 Minutes on TV last night? They did a piece on Denmark having the Happiest People in the World.

    This is according to research by Adrian White, analytic social psychologist at the University of Leicester in England.

    Happiness is not [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2008, 6:00am EST

  • Framebuilding FAQs

    I received two emails last week with questions on framebuilding. I don't have the time to go into lengthy instructions on how to build a frame, however, I thought I would post my answers here, that way others might find it useful.

    I am hoping [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 6:34am EST

  • Friends


    Hollywood celebrities Courteney Cox (Left.) and Jennifer Aniston (Right.) stars of TV sitcom Friends, are it appears, real life friends.

    When Jennifer mentioned she would like to take up cycling, Courteney rushed out and bought her a $12,000 Chanel Bike.

    [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2008, 3:39am EST

  • Memories


    Today is my birthday. As a kid birthdays were important, then as the years went by they mattered less and less. Now I am much older they have become important again. I guess it has something to do with the sense of achievement in having made [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2008, 6:43am EST

  • Some late thoughts on the late Sheldon Brown

    Like most people I never got to meet Sheldon Brown. After reading many online tributes yesterday, this morning I did a Google blog search and came up with around 3,700 blog entries on Sheldons passing.

    Then I did another search for blogs on Heath Ledger, the young [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2008, 6:03am EST

  • NelsonVails


    February being Black History Month I thought I would touch on a piece of history that is just twenty, some odd, years old.

    In the 1984 Olympic Games, held in Los Angeles, a young black cyclist who grew up in the projects of Harlem, [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2008, 4:45am EST

  • Aldo Rosss Pic of the Day

    As a teenager in the 1950s one of the highlights of my year was during the Tour de France when I would order copies of a French sports paper called Le Miroir des Sports.

    It would arrive in the mail, a newspaper size publication printed on glossy paper. All [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2008, 7:36am EST

  • Monday morning talk around the Coppi machine

    My post on Fausto Coppi last Thursday brought the following comment:

    Coppi was a legend but before making an idol out of him, we have to remember he himself admitted several times that "you dont win a bike race on mineral water alone"

    Interpretations are [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2008, 4:21am EST

  • Fausto Coppi: Il Campionissimo


    Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi was one of the most successful and popular cyclists of all time.

    Like Gino Bartali his career was interrupted by WWII; however, the big difference was, he was five years younger than Bartali; Coppi was 25 when war [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2008, 9:59am EST

  • Gino Bartali: A cyclist who saved a nation


    Gino Bartali born in Florence, Italy, in 1914 had a cycling career that spanned both sides of WWII.

    He was 24 years old when he won the Tour de France in 1938; then the war robbed him of his peak athletic years, from [...]
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    Posted: January 21, 2008, 4:11am EST

  • Junk


    Much of my life it seems is spent dealing with junk; junk urging me to buy more junk.

    Surely before long we will all be buried and suffocate under junk.

    Junk on television was easy to deal with; I just quit watching most [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2008, 6:39am EST

  • Tribute to Red Evans


    I heard a supposedly true story one time about a skilled wood carver, working on a huge pair of doors for some grandiose building.

    The design he was working on was extremely intricate, with leaves and scrolls, and included all manner of symbolic creatures [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2008, 5:08am EST

  • Sensations, simple pleasures and passions


    I have often tried to analyze what it is about cycling, in particular riding a road bike that makes it a life long passion.

    Many people, including myself, have had periods when we stopped riding, but we are always drawn back at some point [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2008, 5:25am EST

  • A useful little grease gun


    Here is a handy little tool you can add to your toolbox for about two dollars.

    You can buy these at a Model Airplane Store; they are made for fueling those tiny engines used in model aircraft and cars.

    Made [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2008, 7:29am EST

  • Watchdogging follow up

    Thanks to Fritz for the following comment on my previous post:

    I'm a generally lawful and courteous cyclist, but when was the last time motorists who are just part of traffic was labeled "arrogant"?

    And just because other cyclists break the law and are hoodlums, why are you [...]
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    Posted: January 09, 2008, 7:52am EST

  • Watchdogging Blogging


    There was a link to my last Thursdays post about the Matthew Parris apology, on a cycling blog called Turnings.

    It posted my piece with the following comment:

    Heres the problem, none of these cyclists who are forever watchdogging all the comments [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2008, 4:34am EST

  • Friday Fun


    After the seriousness of the Matthew Parris debacle over last few days, I think it is time for a little frivolity.

    The picture above appeared on the front cover of a Southern California furniture company catalog in 1991. The studio that did the photo shoot [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2008, 7:13am EST

  • Matthew Parris Apologizes

    Matthew Parris in his Times column today posted a brief apology for his Christmas attack on cyclists. (See my post yesterday.)

    Today Parris wrote:

    I offended many with my Christmas attack on cyclists. It was meant humorously but so many cyclists have taken [...]
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    Posted: January 03, 2008, 7:54am EST

  • My friend Red Evans, and the Times article


    I have lived in Charleston, South Carolina, since November 2001. It has been my privilege to meet, and count amongst my friends, many talented artists, writers and songwriters.

    One of these is Red Evans, a writer and author. Red and I belong to a writers [...]
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    Posted: January 02, 2008, 4:27am EST

  • Looking Forward


    Looking forward to 2008 and the future, I intend to keep this blog going.

    I recently went past posting number 200; it has become increasingly difficult to write more technical stuff, even though this is what everyone wants, because I have covered many aspects [...]
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    Posted: December 31, 2007, 4:25am EST

  • Looking Back


    As another year draws to a close, it is a time to reflect.

    When I posted an account of my accident on this blog, (Dec. 7, 2006.) two days after it happened, there were 20 comments from people wishing me a speedy recovery.

    [...]
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    Posted: December 27, 2007, 5:03am EST

  • My accident, part II: Dealing with the aftermath

    If you didnt read Part I, it is the post immediately before this one.

    After my extreme misfortune of being involved in an accident, came a series of more fortunate circumstances.

    I was not unconscious, but was in a somewhat dazed state and [...]
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    Posted: December 24, 2007, 4:34am EST

  • My accident, part I: Lessons learned

    A settlement has been reached regarding a claim resulting from my accident last year.

    The accident happened on December 5th 2006 when a female driver in an SUV traveling in the opposite direction, made a left turn in front of me and I ran head [...]
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    Posted: December 21, 2007, 8:43am EST

  • Correctness

    Is it just me, or has the whole Political Correctness issue regarding Christmas, now become a non-issue or in many ways a huge joke?

    All my life this time of year has been Christmas, then a few years ago I found I couldnt refer to the [...]
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    Posted: December 19, 2007, 5:49am EST

  • Raymond Poulidor: A working class hero

    There were four French cycling heroes to emerge in the latter half of the last century. They were Louison Bobet, Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor, and Bernard Hinault.

    Three won the Tour de France multiple times; however, Raymond Poulidor never won, or for [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2007, 5:17pm EST

  • Velo News


    The number of readers on my blog has steadily increased this year from 100 visitors a day in January, to 500 a day at the beginning of December. It always drops down a little on the weekends, but stays pretty steady Monday through Friday.

    Last [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2007, 6:52am EST

  • It must be all this talk about cycling is the new golf

    If you Google PGA Drug Testing you will find many conflicting views whether professional golf should, or should not test for performance enhancing drugs.

    One thing is clear, to the top officials of that sport; de Nile is not just a river in Egypt. [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2007, 4:18am EST

  • In search of the perfect fork blade


    When a fork blade comes from the tube manufacturers factory, it is straight; the framebuilder bends it to a curve that suits his requirements.

    An un-raked road fork blade is oval at the top; the oval section runs parallel for about a third of [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2007, 5:12am EST

  • The Fuso Lux



    When I first produced the Fuso in 1984, I had hoped to keep things simple. My goal was to produce a frame that was built better than the average import frame, was better finished, and rode and handled better. At the same [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2007, 7:50am EST

  • The Pleasant Revolution Rock & Roll Bicycle Tour



    On October 18, 2007 rock bands The Ginger Ninjas and Shake Your Peace set out on the "Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Tour," riding over 5000 miles and playing over 90 pedal-powered shows from the foothills of the Sierras in North San Juan, California, to the [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2007, 5:02am EST

  • Evel Knievel


    An American Icon died on Friday. On the last day of November he took his final jump into the next realm. What makes this man an icon? He was the first to do what he did, on the scale that he did. All who follow are [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2007, 9:41am EST

  • Down in the Bicycle Forest, something stirred


    It cant be the last day of November; did someone break into my house and steal some days from my calendar?

    It used to be there were not enough hours in the day, now this has escalated to not enough days month, or worse not [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2007, 4:40am EST

  • Mass Advertising

    I get in my car, put the seat belt on, and just as I turn the key to start the engine I look up and see an advertising flyer under my wiper blade.

    This really pisses me off. I open the car door and try [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2007, 4:40am EST

  • Twiddling


    Two important passions in my life have been music and bicycles. Coming of age as I did in the early 1950s, musically, I came in at the end of the Big Band era.

    I saw the American big bands like Duke Ellington, [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2007, 4:57am EST

  • My Heathen Intuition

    On my last post there was a comment suggesting that most cyclists are atheists because they are out riding their bikes on Sunday instead of going to church. I get the feeling that the writers tongue was firmly in the cheek when the comment was made.

    I do not [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2007, 12:53am EST

  • The British Club Run


    The British Cycling Club Run is a tradition that probably started around the 1920s; a group ride that would usually take place every Sunday throughout the year. There would be a set time and place to meet, and participants would just simply show up.

    Cycling [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2007, 4:33am EST

  • Straightening bent seatstays


    I received the following email the other day, with pictures attached:

    I was looking through your blogs (great stuff by the way!), and was wondering if you could lend me some insight.

    I too am a steel bike rider and have a special [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2007, 6:22am EST

  • Do separate bike paths improve safety?


    She came flying up to the intersection; driving way too fast.

    I could tell by her speed she wasn't going to stop, even though there was a stop sign. I touched my brakes and moved out to the center of the road near to [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2007, 4:59am EST

  • Two years of blogging: Realizing my baby is ugly


    Today marks two years since Daves Bike Blog started.

    Having a blog is in some ways like having a child that demands constant attention. Like a real baby, conceiving it is the easy part. At first, it is fun, it sleeps mostly and you [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2007, 4:35am EST

  • Where are the Masculinists?

    We have Feminists, but what is the equivalent in the male world? There is no such word.

    Most of todays women dress in fashionable clothes and do all they can to look their best. The way men used to dress. It is all about self-esteem, feeling good about [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2007, 6:19am EST

  • Poetry in motion


    Our friends over at Copenhagen Girls on Bikes recently posted a piece in defense of what they are doing.

    When I posted "Womankind you can Save Mankind" I got a fair amount of flack saying the site was sexist. Comments were [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2007, 5:19am EST

  • Discussing Helmet Use: Like peeking at a snake in a pool cue case

    I cant think of a more controversial subject to write about than bike helmets and the wearing thereof. Nothing will get a cyclists anti-bacterial padded shorts in a knot more than saying they should or should not wear a helmet.

    To borrow a line from my own novel, [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2007, 5:01am EST

  • Quiz


    Here is a just for fun quiz; the answers are all contained within previous blogs.

    A chance to find out how much regular readers remember, and newcomers should give it a try, because you might learn something new.

    The questions have multiple-choice answers. [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2007, 4:34am EDT

  • A Halloween Story

    Lone cyclist, breathing hard
    drawing in the cold night air.
    Yorkshire moors, late October
    up ahead a dim light flickers.

    Wondering what the light could be
    for all the world looks like a flame.
    Descending now and closing fast
    a coach and horses, team of four.

    Not a [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2007, 3:43am EDT

  • History of British Cycle Racing: Part III. The Ban from my Perspective


    Thats me, bottom right in the picture above, proudly wearing a British League of Racing Cyclists badge on my blazer. I was 18 years old and a guest at a local cycling club dinner and prize giving. This was my first season as a League member, [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2007, 4:33am EDT
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