• beach club buzz

    beach club buzz

    I LOVE riding this bike. it just feels dialed in, and the geo fits me like a glove. I have found myself with several road bikes, but this is the one I like most. so here are some photos and musings about a new Beach Club/Ron’s road collaboration.  so I have been riding road bikes a whole lot… Read more

  • shoulder seasons

    shoulder seasons

    it is really just getting kinda wintry here in southern new England —- we are only 10 miles north of the shoreline of far eastern Long Island sound — that body of water has a warming effect that creeps up the river and generally keeps things pretty snow free and ridable year round — with… Read more

  • last gasp of the leaves ride

    last gasp of the leaves ride

    there is the ol’ time of year in New England (and other places but we aren’t talking about those) where the landscape seems to change overnight every night for a month and a half. im talking about oct 1st to Nov 20 or so — I love riding all times of year as it turns… Read more

  • overnight from deerfield MA

    overnight from deerfield MA

    hi everyone. remember when I used to camp 200+ nights out of the year off my bike? maybe you don’t, it was years ago at this point, but it was my lifestyle on the cheep for nearly a decade. it is also how I garnered enough of a following to be able to now squeak… Read more

  • Yuusuke’s Alumalith custom build by LaRon

    Yuusuke’s Alumalith custom build by LaRon

    the custom build part of the biz is where the name “Ron’s Bikes” came from — but ironically it is what I have the least amount of time for these days. I will admit, even when I did have the time, this sort of process still took a lot longer than just plugging stock pieces… Read more

  • my crust malocchio 700×38

    my crust malocchio 700×38

    these bikes are the sleeper in the crust line up — presumably because of the strange caliper brake spacing. the front pads sit midway on a long reach, and the rear is near normal medium reach. technically you could run a 38 rear and 42 front — although the 38 rear would not be mud… Read more