Category Archives: bicycling
EDC for the Bicycle Commuter
Written on December 10, 2012 at 11:30, by samh
I ride my bicycle to work and for many of my errands year round and as such the potential for a mechanical is always in the back of my mind. Fortunately a few simple tools are all that are necessary for most repairs. The other key repair element not pictured is a telephone – becauseContinue Reading
Morganzo 55: Double Nickels on the Grime
Written on July 17, 2012 at 17:26, by samh
Participated in a 55 mile gravel road race/ride last weekend. @LotoMojo did a nice write-up post-race so I won’t bother with my own. Go check it out if you’re into that sort of thing over at our local cycling blog, “The Bozeman Fix” – Morganzo 55 Wrap-Up. – – –
Asphalt and Corn: Biking and Skiing
Written on April 14, 2012 at 07:50, by samh
Yesterday morning after a very positive job interview (which I look forward to sharing more about in the near future) my buddy Mike sent me a text about going for a bike ride. We’d been talking about strapping our skis to our bicycles and heading up the most popular mountain access road in Bozeman –Continue Reading
Only been wanting one of these for like five years now…
Written on January 13, 2012 at 07:00, by samh
Salsa Mukluk gets a ride to the trailhead in my 4Runner I first rode a fatbike in ’08 when my brother and I borrowed a couple Surly Pugsleys for some singletrack adventures in Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis. Last winter I borrowed and rode a different Pugsley as well as the new Salsa MuklukContinue Reading
The Bangtail Divide
Written on September 27, 2011 at 22:13, by samh
A short drive North of my fair burgh of Bozeman is a sub-range called the Bangtails. It has been heavily ravaged by logging over the decades and is home to a diverse crowd of users in/on logging trucks, motorbikes, snowmobiles, bicycles, foot, and ORV. Along the crest of this length of earth rising around 2,000′Continue Reading
WD-40 IS NOT LUBE
Written on September 16, 2011 at 12:05, by samh
I was visiting the community bike shop, Free Cycles Missoula last weekend and while there I took a picture of a sticker they had posted next to their bicycle lube station. It read, “WD-40 is not lube”. For the cycle wrenching geeks out there this statement will give you a bit of a laugh. ForContinue Reading
Moving by Bike – 2011
Written on July 25, 2011 at 09:39, by samh
In 2009 I had the idea to do an apartment move using only a bicycle. I started out with just a bike and a trailer and made some decent progress but knew that some “bigger guns” were necessary to really get the job done. I borrowed my buddy Mason’s bucket bike, a Madsen, as wellContinue Reading
2011 Bike Week
Written on May 16, 2011 at 09:52, by samh
May is National Bike Month here in the States (but I’d recommend celebrating it anywhere in the world) and this week (May 16th – 20th) is officially designated as Bike Week. I sit on the Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board and we plan a whole host of events in Bozeman throughout the week. Each morningContinue Reading
Getting “MoreBadasser” with Xtracycle
Written on April 26, 2011 at 13:30, by samh
Recently Xtracycle Bikes put the call out for submittals for a contest they were calling Morebadasser. They were deliberately open-ended in their definition for what the contest would entail… …we are calling on those that can emulate the concept of morebadasser in video format to noodle on and create a short (15-30sec) video of whyContinue Reading