Category: Bicycle
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The Tour de Tonka 2014
Tour de Tonka This is a big bicycle ride put on by the Minnetonka, Minnesota school district. I have ridden this ride many times in the past. Of late I have not been able to ride it for many reasons. This year I got to be the Tonka Cycle and Ski goodwill ambassador and bicycle…
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A Pair of Couples
This mostly really happened. A handsome couple came into the bike shop wanting to buy a gift certificate for one of their mothers for her birthday. The idea was to get moms bicycle tuned up. They figured a gift certificate was a safer bet than stealing moms bike from her garage. and hoping she didn’t…
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Nice Guys Finish First
Yesterday evening we went over to Handsome Cycles in Downtown Minneapolis. They were having an open house to show off Greg LeMond, plus his Tour De France winning bicycles and one of the new bikes Greg’s company will have for sale in 2015. Handsome was serving tall boy PBRs, Fox news had a very big…
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Silent But Deadly
Today was the first warm day since the April 3rd snowfall that measured 8-12 inches on our driveway. Pugsley had not yet made it around Lake Minnetonka due to his age. He was maybe 6 months old. Just a baby, albeit with really big tires. It was a beautiful day. He was anxious to go.…
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Joe’s Bike
My neighbor came to me the other night with an idea to build up a single speed bike.He had a laundry list of preferences and a frame already picked out.The Surly Cross Check was his frame of choice. All I had to do was help him find parts that would fit onto it. He had…