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Have you ever been not riding bikes and suddenly realized you were washing dishes or doing your taxes? Even the 1040EZ fails to approach the simple pleasure of riding bikes.…

We express ourselves through our clothing, that we are a cat lady, or a tough guy, or a style maven, or a firefighter. Whole genres of t-shirt are dedicated to communicating…

There are better things to degrease your chain with than Skin Bracer by Mennen, although it is a sort of solvent. Few other solutions will leave your chain smelling better,…

If you are sitting at the bar end, you are probably in the way. That tends to be where the bartender puts the drinks going to the folks not sitting at the bar. If you're the…

The counterpart to chainstay length in a bike's design is what's called front center. Unlike chainstay length, which relates to the length of the tube, there is no tube that…

My bike was red. I was eight-years-old, and that constitutes most of what I knew about it. I learned years later that it was made by Peugot. Apparently, they made BMX bikes…

I was cleaning my basement, as I am wont to do. Imagine me there, wandering around with loud music in my ears and a deep desire for order where there is chaos. It's a monthly…

Marcomm is a term used by marketing people to indicate all marketing communications materials. That used to consist of catalogs, brochures, and other printed, user-facing…

I didn't understand that bicycle components could be overtightened until my lack of understanding made me bleed. I'd finished my exams for the fall semester and needed to…

Among the many items in my garage that don't seem like garage items, a plastic cutting board leans against my tool case. The cutting board is small, maybe 7-inches by…