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Colin Reuter: The Cyclocross Obsession Behind Crossresults.com
Colin on the run-up at Gloucester. Picture from Colin’s blog, where it was no doubt stolen from someone else. Colin Reuter loves cyclocross. At a glance, it’s the all-consuming type of relationship...
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Gregg Bleakney: From Software Sales to Cycling Adventures
Gregg crossing from Argentina to Chile. Self portrait by Gregg. In the early 2000s, Gregg Bleakney was on a strong path to (one type of) success. He was earning a six-figure salary as a software...
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My First Bike: Tony Pereira
We’re launching a new feature today on The Bicycle Story called My First Bike. My First Bike explores the origins of professional frame builders by going back to the start and looking at the first...
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… or at least how Raleigh’s were made in England in 1945. This short documentary from the British Council is an amazing period piece. The film’s War-era government propaganda style is entertaining. The...
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Book Review: Ellee Thalheimer’s Cycling Sojourner
Bicycle touring’s popularity is on the rise in America. There are no firm statistics available (though Adventure Cycling Association is actively collecting data to help change that), but it’s clear...
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The Bike Brothers
Brothers Jack, Norman, and Ken Taylor were professional cyclists in Britain in the 1930s and 40s. Dissatisfied with the equipment available to them, they began hand building their own frames. That...
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Steve Garro: Arizona’s Mountain Biking, Trouble Making, Frame Building Legend
Photo via mimbresman.blogspot.com Steve Garro has been somewhat of a mountain bike legend for longer than many people have even been riding. In the late 80s and early 90s, his crew of racing and...
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New England’s Frame Builder Family Tree
Angles & Poise, a bike blog focused on the high-end and boutique end of cycling, put together a neat infographic tracing the history of the New England frame building world. The timeline starts...
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Touring the Moulton Factory
The first time I saw a Moulton bike, it was on a Seattle Randonneur‘s 100k populaire. I’d caught up to a man on a Moulton and rode with him for a while. Making small talk, as one does when riding with...
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Max Kullaway: Building Bikes Behind the Big-Name Builders
Max in the Hampsten workshop. Photo from Cycling Inquisition. Max Kullaway might not have the same celebrity as some in the industry, but his roots in frame building run deep. He got his start...
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Adam Abramowicz: a Kinder Approach to the Bike Industry
Adam (right) after a race. Adam Abramowicz wants to run a different sort of bike company. Like many boutique brands in the industry, KindHuman sells carbon and steel framesets, apparel, and...
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Martina Brimmer: Swift Industries and the Empowerment of Adventures by Bike
Photo courtesy of Martina. Martina Brimmer is the force behind Seattle-based pannier and bag company Swift Industries. She’s also a dedicated bike tourist, adventurer, writer (she is a co-contributor,...
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Spencer Paxson: Fighting to the Top as a Working Man’s Mountain Biker
Photo from konaworld.com. There’s something of an adoration–occasionally bordering on idolatry–for the working men and women of professional bike racing. We hold high racers such as Erik Tonkin,...
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Sarai Snyder: Connecting the Pieces to Get More Women on Bikes
Photo by Michele Zebrowitz. Cycling in the United States has a pervasive gender gap. Solid numbers are hard to come by, but some studies suggest that there as many as two or three men riding for every...
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Cosmo Catalano: the Snarky, Outsider Voice of Professional Racing
Cosmo on the set of The Week In Bike, AKA his home office. Screengrab from YouTube. As with any industry, cycling media is often defined by its relationships to advertisers. Punches are pulled,...
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Firefly’s Kevin Wolfson: Carving a Place in Boston Bike Builder History
Firefly founders (L-R) Kevin Wolfson, Jamie Medeiros, and Tyler Evans. Photo from Firefly Bicycles flickr. When Firefly Bicycles came onto the scene in 2011, the cycling world quickly took notice of...
View ArticleThe Builder – Max Kullaway
The Builder – Max Kullaway from Loaded Pictures on Vimeo. Max Kullaway’s history in frame building run deep. He got his start in New England welding for Merlin then Seven. He later moved to Seattle...
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Andy Bokanev: Photographing the Life Within Racing
Andy Bokanev on a ride in LA. Photo by Kelly Nowels. Lauding the Internet for breaking down the barriers between creators and their potential audience is so commonplace it’s cliche. But without that...
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Tim Blumenthal: The National Fight for People Who Bike
PeopleForBikes President Tim Blumenthal. Photo courtesy PeopleForBikes Bike advocacy is a sweeping term that captures a huge array of work. Fighting for better bike infrastructure on neighborhood...
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Austin Horse: From Courier to Career Adventurer
Austin Horse. Photo via redbull.com Bike messengers have a hard-earned image as punks, rebels, thrill-seekers, and outlaws. And deservedly so. They risk their own safety to bomb through cities between...
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