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La bicicletta e' una cosa seria, or why Material alone is no substitute for thought. Neither is Money.

Material alone is no substitute for thought. Neither is Money.

“A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars… A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a…

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#bicycle #bikeshop #investment #money

Work, a sense of belonging. Purpose.

I’ve started doing films on Wednesdays, for those that are local. I’ve got a lot of Mtb, bmx and some road dvds. I’ll be proyecting one of them every wednesday at nine pm. I have some great clients, and I wanted to make them meet, swap numbers, find new riding partners, new routes. It works and Y’all welcome. A sense of belonging.…

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#cyclist #film #proyection #purpose #work

Le Velo de Ghislain Lambert

This is a nice film that will appeal to those who have an interest in or memories of 70s road cycling. Or cyclists in general. It’s in French, but it’s a simple storyline, so you don’t need to understand it perfectly to get the message. It rings familiar to the cycling I grew up with in Italy, and talking to those older and much…

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#70s #cycling #film #ghislainlambert #movie #velodeghislainlambert

Beauty begins with the decision to be yourself. Saddles.

There’s a good article in one of the Cervelo White papers, you can find it here For mtb saddles there are other considerations, such as the need to move behind your saddle, or to pinch it between your legs. It therefore can’t be much wider than necessary otherwise movement is compromised. The nose and tail need to be padded differently to a road saddle as you will hit your saddle with your arse…

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#cervelo #components #leather #saddle #selleitalia #slr

Virtus probata florescit

I’ve still got two frames that are ready to be built up, I’m missing some components to finish building them up. Which is a good thing, otherwise they’d have been stolen as well. I’m busy working on the replacements to those bikes that have been stolen. Not quite finished working out the details, the only thing I know is that they’ll be even better. I remember the first bike I bought here in…

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#commitment #dahon #Henrymiller #latin #philosophy

Stolen, robadas

Si alguien vee estas bicicletas, avisen la policia o me avisen. me las han robadas. I had a break in on sunday morning, these four bikes were stolen. Please get in touch if you know anything.

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saddles

I’ve been recovering saddles for about 6 years. I’ve always used leather, I find it makes the saddle more comfortable, breathable and it wears very well. Recently I’ve taken that a step further. These are just some tests, I’ll be doing more things like this. I’m trying out different techniques. Complete bicycles, that means a complete personalization. Function, aesthetics. It’s two sides of the…

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#personalization #saddles

T Rex skeleton bicycle. Portland craigslist find.

well done mad bicycle inventor genius man There’s a lot of work in this bicycle, I hope it goes to someone who takes care of it. This is a fine bike, I’d love to commute on it. I’d put lights in the eyes, and it would be totally legal. It would look great parked outside the shop. High vantage point dominates traffic. You’re riding a T rex skeleton bicycle. Read that again. Sadly, I’m just too far…

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#craigslist #t-rex

Communication.

Electrical power (wikipedia) Main article: Electric power The instantaneous electrical power P delivered to a component is given by

where P(t) is the instantaneous power, measured in watts (joules per second) V(t) is the potential difference (or voltage drop) across the component, measured in volts I(t) is the current through it,…

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#communication

A voyage in Space, in Flight, in Memory.

I flew a lot, when I was very young. My parents were divorced and living in different countries. So I flew by myself from London to Pisa. From seven years old to about twelve. Thirty years ago the world was slightly less neurotic about some things (and more about others). I remember being invited into the cabin on every flight I…

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#alitalia #britishairways #flight #personal

magnetic workshop hack It's an ikea lamp I hung over the workstand, and then hung my most used tools off the light, 4-5-6mm allen, philips screwdriver, torx, spoke wrench and tape measure. It works really well, tools are put away and always easy to reach.

#ikea #magnetic #workshop

Chinese road riding drama. Must watch!

seems pretty good.

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#china #film #roadracing

Instagram

I’m on instagram. it’s ok, but taking pictures with a phone? It’ll never catch on Art meets bike meets fun. That's Revanche. A photo posted by emanuel (@revanchebike) on May 5, 2015 at 12:06pm PDT . https://instagram.com/revanchebike/

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#instagram

Moonthreading

I finally got my jig out of customs, the duty stung like hell. After unscrewing the 20 or so screws that keep the top on, (by hand, my little electric screwdriver had died a few days prior) I then had to put it together, a few headscratching moments, but a call to Anvil, soon put me right. It was 2230 , so in Colorado it was 1430, good job they don’t close for lunch. It’s always a pleasure to…

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#anvilbikes #framebuilding #jig #moonthreading

There's a new bikeshop in Barcelona.

I hate it when shops close for lunch, so I don’t. I Completely renovated the shop, I did all the work myself and as always happens, it took longer than I expected. I wanted the shop to feel welcoming, simple and special. I’ll be passing a lot of time in it, so I might as well feel comfortable. I hope you do too, but I’ll let you be the judge if the work and time was worth it. Come on in and say…

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#shop

Tom Ritchey on steel.

Tom Ritchey on steel, at the mission workshop.

The right material for the right job. A chain is still steel. A cassette is still steel. A pedal axle is still steel. There’s still steel in the most carbonized bicycle. There’s new steels that are being developed and playing with Steel is what nails are made out of, what barbed wire fences are made out of, it’s train tracks it’s the industry, it’s the most honest material. Steel is a material…

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#ritchey #steel

Style is timeless.

Timeless Classic, with a slice of innovation.

The world’s first magnetic framebag. A clean, modern, simple and permanent solution. Here’s some full shots. Someone mentioned at the Bristol bespoked show that there was a touch of Bridgestone about it. It doesn’t surprise me, though it wasn’t planned nor conscious. Framebag off. Culture is what’s left after you’re forgotten everything else. Grant Petersen’s influence was a cycling phase I went…

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#bikepacking #mtb

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