Category Archives: Making Things Better

Bike Maintenance

Friday morning rolled around and I realized that my Brompton had a rear tire flat. I typically have my normal commuter ready to go as a spare. Not today, it was partially apart in the middle of a parts swap … Continue reading

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Score one for the LBS

This afternoon I converted my single speed 29er karate monkey into a single speed winter commuter. I needed some esoteric parts in order to accomplish this. After many attempts in the past of trying to get non performance parts at … Continue reading

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Bike Move

Check out this bike move. The one guy has a ball hitch and is towing a utility trailer intended for a car. I think we should do a bike move in Delaware. It would be a cool statement to make … Continue reading

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One Month

Its been one month living as a car lite family. For the most part we pretty much (at least I haven’t) noticed it. Only one time would it have been nice to have my old car and that was to … Continue reading

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Week 1

So far as expected week 1 with just one family car is no big deal. I’m expecting the metrofiets to ship tomorrow at the earliest, but really Monday or Tuesday.

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