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Patrice has legs that are 70mm short of 1 meter, but has a short torso and arms. Just so I do not appear to be ducking a direct question; Specialized is most focused on the mass market of weekend riders. It is where the money is. Sell to a Dentist or retired Doctor. Having a focus is good and...

+ This is how Randy's bike turned out.

I went for a ride to get a burger. I sat with a couple of painters working there today. After they ate they setup to paint the rails around the tables. One of the painters put on rubber glove and then a cotton glove over it. He put his hand it the paint and rubbed it down the rails and did an...

I have put together five Sr. adult trike riders. Sometimes explaining something technical can be difficult especially with the ladies. Yesterday one had no brakes. I tightened them so they were very nice. Then she complained that she couldn't apply the parking brake with her not very strong left...

For eight years my good friend has purchased one or two bikes per year. He always gets the most complicated hodge podge of bikes designed by marketing departments and he is always disappointed. He falls for stuff like electronic shifting on a hub-drive. Now he is looking at a duel battery carbon...

Now she is here. Likely on another big climb. She has done almost 36,000 feet in elevation gains. https://trackleaders.com/gawr26i.php?name=Patrice_McDonald

Thanks! Her bike originally looked like this: https://www.pashley.co.uk/products/prospero?variant=53488110272887 From tubes into bikes, all handmade:

I did again today for Brian in San Francisco. It is a new 2026 Rockhopper custom conversion. He tested it on a river trail with gravel, then huge hills, and got it to 42 kph with a 24 kph headwind. Yes, I design bikes even for the disabled, custom, like the professor with no thumbs. That is what...

Why are 37, 622 tires the same as 35x700C?

She is now camping here in S.D. That must have been a big tree!

I can just bounce a tool on a tire such as a pedal wrench. There is a tone and resonance. There is a app for Gates belts that works in a similar way. It checks the note, but if you have an ear you can hear it. Many wheel builders also use the tone of spokes by plucking them.

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more A bike like that doesn’t exist a bit about my bike Patrice McDonald Jun 22 READ IN APP I get a lot of questions about my bike. So while I am repositioning, here is...

This is for Dave. Only a truly great drumber can pull off using such a simple kit.

The weather man said to dress for the mid-eighties.

You could get an accessory extender.

Oh, s*it! Someone lit the toilet paper on fire. Maybe put a lock on it and give the key to the contractor.

Actually, I got rid of my 'smartphone' because it was dumb and a big time waste and distraction. Now I have my life back. It is hard for only one day. Then it all gets so much better. Anyone can do it. It is like skinny dipping.

Actually, I used Piss instead of the real thing because of the cultural reference. Australia has some nice wine regions in the South East hills. I am in Sonoma, CA. Those folks mostly drink Chardonnay from Carneros that is crisp with a bit of malolactic secondary fermentation. It cuts the butter...

The loveliness of Paris seems all filled with garlic butter, The glory that was Rome is just a giant seafood platter. I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan, But I'm going home to where the deep fryers happen! [Chorus] I left my heart... in Lamb's Clams Disco, High on a hill of...

And with Dave's 'Mud Bay' maybe a clam thread. A buddy goes to a place called Bodega Bay that is close. It is where the movie 'The Birds' was filmed. He catches crabs from the beach with his brother and their families. The have a 23 liter pot of seawater over a wood fire that starts going as...