Yay Bicycles
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Vimeo, a really great video sharing site a la YouTube minus the crap, TV shows, stolen movies, and etc., just put out a new "channel" called I Love To Ride My Bicycle. Sounds like that Queen song, doesn't it? Well, Lisa and I are on it, just scroll down a little bit and you'll see the video post card I sent to my Oma saying thanks for the bike (we inherited her 1972 Schwinn Twinn).Labels: bicycles, Tandem, video
written by Eric Mills at 11:16 
Triple Bypass, Triple Chainring
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Last weekend I went on a bicycle ride along the peak to peak highway in Colorado. The old scenic bypass is a great north-south route between Black Hawk and Estes Park, and it offers great views of Long's Peak and surrounding beauties. I was fortunate enough to acquire a new(er) road bike for bike season 2007: a Lemond Alpe D'Huez. After a few rides up the local hill, I thought this baby was light enough and I had legs enough to take the Triple Bypass.
The Peak to Peak Highway told me a different story, a short story, a one-word story: NO. To make a short story long, then, tonight a good friend and I, using a 14 inch 3 pound framing hammer and a slotted screwdriver, changed out the bottom bracket and added a triple chainring to the Lemond. 10,000 feet of lung busting elevation gain? Here I come!
Labels: bicycles, colorado, projects
written by Eric Mills at 00:21
