Till just lately, I used to be the proprietor of a price range singlespeed 29er:
Oh, wait, that was the costly customized singlespeed 29er. That is the price range 29er:
It’s arduous to maintain them straight. Or not less than it was. Now, after The Nice Bicycle Purge Of 2024, I now not personal both of them.
Do you know every little thing on this weblog is doubtlessly on the market? It’s true. That doesn’t imply I’ll really half with it, however you’re welcome to make a suggestion on something you see right here–and that features the cat:
You by no means know, you would possibly get fortunate.
All of that is to say that again once I was assessing my holdings a reader reached out to me. Sadly, negotiations over the cat fell by means of:
However because it turned out he was additionally fairly taken with the price range singlespeed of all issues. I used to be somewhat shocked by this, and requested if we was positive he wouldn’t choose to work out a deal for its fancier counterpart, however the coronary heart needs what it needs, and now I’m happy to report the bike and its new proprietor reside fortunately collectively in northern California:
[Nic from Nor-Cal]
As he has knowledgeable me, the bike’s playful nature has transported him again to his BMX days:
[Pic by Nic]
And I discover the entire thing extremely transferring, as a result of not solely has Nic attained the generic singlespeed mountain bike of his desires, however this humble bike conceived by me years in the past in deepest Brooklyn is now having fun with a second life and can now reside out the rest of its days roaming the huge terrain of the alternative coast:
[Another Nic pic]
And now that I give it some thought, this bike is in truth extra unique than it appears, for Nic is rolling on the world’s solely remaining pair of Tan Tenovo handbuilt wheels nonetheless in existence, which makes this bike actually one among a sort. The truth is, having a pair of Tan Tenovo handbuilt wheels is like having one among actor Pierce Brosnan’s work:
In each instances it’s not what we’re recognized for, but we’re additionally not fairly as dangerous at it as you’d suppose we’d be, even when the top result’s somewhat wonky and probably not as much as skilled requirements.*
By the best way, I ought to word that this bike is totally disc-ready, and on this case I feel Nic ought to think about making the conversion, since that approach the edges received’t put on out and he can protect these uncommon round-ish treasures precisely as I constructed them perpetually.
*[I’m being self-deprecating, unlike Brosnan’s painting those wheels turned out fucking great.]
Shifting on, Bicycling studies that Paris is a “cyclists’ paradise:”
Partially as a result of they’ve received over 100 streets closed to motorcar site visitors:
Although if that’s the case and there’s all this room for bikes then why do the cyclists of Paris nonetheless want to chop their bars down a lot?
[Spotted by a reader in Paris]
You’ve actually received to understand how additionally they lower down the brake levers:
You don’t usually see that sense of proportionality and a spotlight to element exterior of a Pierce Brosnan portray.
[Caption this.]
Lastly, additional to yesterday’s submit about rime breaks, a commenter identified that Ritchey continues to be promoting a motorbike with rim-squeezers:
Which I point out as a result of the bickering about downtube shifters within the feedback on that BikeRadar is traditional bike wankery:
As for why Ritchey didn’t embrace downtube shifter bosses, I’m guessing it’s most likely for a similar cause they gave it an built-in headset:
To avoid wasting 80 grams:
As well as, Ritchey’s proprietary solid and machined straight 1-1/8in head tube is 80g lighter than a typical head tube, in accordance with the model.
Additionally I’m fairly positive there’s an precise legislation in opposition to placing downtube shifters on a motorbike with an built-in headset.
