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a new tire is born
kinda the first “press release” of a new tire Patz (above) and I have been working on for about 2 years. As a small company (Patz, Troy, and me), it is fun for us to notice things in the pro grav dad ranks, and follow up with our own testing before getting out the graph… Read more
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Hubert’s single speed EVOO 29er
hi! I am out here in southern Arizona waiting for a bunch of bikes to be built by frank and Darren back home. more travel blogging in future posts, but today I wanted to showcase Hubert’s (of the defunct madrean fabrication) personal one off single speed EVOO. fun fact, Hubert and I met at J.P.… Read more
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Rivendell Atlantis 2 customer build
Hi folks! 3rd customer Atlantis build in 3 months. This one is a “2”, and is pre long chain stays. Waterford built. the “1” was Toyo Japan. I have had all three, but could not choose what one is best. the shorter chain stays dooooo look the part IMO though. this one was purchased by… Read more
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motivation for short days
been hard to motivate, as may not come as a surprise being that daylight is such a premium right now. when I say motivate, I mean move the pedals — I am plenty motivated to eat chocolate truffles and other holiday confections. also plenty motivated to fall asleep watching trashy TV with a jar of… Read more
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Sicily on a bike
Hi! just got back from a most magical trip to the north west corner of Sicily. My mom is 73 years old, and loves riding bikes and drinking olive oil (we have a lot in common), so we are trying to do a trip like this each year for as long as she can. Last… Read more
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post peak leaf
I just got back from 10 days in Sicily (another blog), and the leaves have officially dropped here in ol’ nutmeg country. the month of October is always a busy one with hosting friends along with 2 events culminating with the Nutmeg Nor’Easter, so I thought I would post a little retrospective here to the… Read more
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