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Collaborative Builds at Peoples Bicycle

Jon Miles of Peoples Bicycle

Kyle Helland let me know that you can work with the pros at Peoples Bicycle if you want to get some hands-on experience while tuning or upgrading your bike:

Most products carry warnings reading "no serviceable parts inside" and are held behind covers held by proprietary fasteners. Replacement becomes easier than repair, leading to waste. Not so with bicycles! 

With so much of our work days stuck behind a computer screen (or two) it's sometimes nice to get your hands dirty. Peoples bicycle offers the experience of building up your bicycle with one of our mechanics. Together we will demystify the bicycle and identify the parts that go into a well working two-wheeled machine. 

Contact Peoples Bicycle to start the conversation. (email: [email protected], phone: [phone]).

This post is sponsored by Peoples Bicycle, an old-school bike shop with new-school style. 845-765-2487, 72 Maple Street, Beacon N. Open Wed-Sun, 12-7pm.

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The Infinity Pedal by Sam Hunter

The classic innovator tale: lone genius invents a breakthrough in his garage to solve a problem he personally has.

Sam Hunter was frustrated by the difficulties of using bike clips: the combination of a clip on the sole of a biking shoe and a corresponding metal track on the bike pedal. As you see in the video, he would have real issues clipping them together in traffic and off road.

I have always used toe clips on my bikes for that reason, along with hating the annoyance of walking around in shoes that had a metal device on the bottom that stuck out farther than the sole.

Kyle Helland of Peoples Bicycle curated this video, and added:

My only concern with the design is the lack of a platform which seems like it’d be hard to mount and dismount effectively, especially in muddy or wet conditions. 

But my bet is that the benefits of not having to look down to get oriented -- since this does away with the two-sided pedal -- would outweigh the occasional hassle in bad weather. And likewise, with the channel on the shoe being so flat, walking in bike shoes would not feel like wearing cleats.

This post is sponsored by Peoples Bicycle, an old-school bike shop with new-school style. 845-765-2487, 72 Maple Street, Beacon N. Open Wed-Sun, 12-7pm.