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Mountain bike season arrives, with a test of two tires
Posted by on April 26, 2012
After my long road test of last Tuesday, I was itchin’ the hit some singletrack. I talked to my friend and co-worker Justin, and he had never been to the mountain bike trail at the Cleveland Metroparks‘ Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation. I had been there twice before, but it’s been almost two years, so [...]
Product Review: Salsa Fargo, Part 4 – Road Rules
Posted by on April 17, 2012
This is the fourth part of my ongoing review of my Salsa Fargo bicycle. To recap, in Part 1, I talked about my initial impressions based on a couple of short-to-medium road rides and commuting. In Part 2, I compared the Fargo to a traditional full-suspension mountain bike on singletrack rides. In Part 3, I [...]
New gear (and gears) for the Salsa Fargo
Posted by on April 2, 2012
Back in the first and third parts of the review of my Salsa Fargo, I talked about how the traditional mountain crankset (44-32-22 chainrings) was ideal for singletrack riding, and the touring crankset (48-36-26) was better for road/mixed surface riding. I had still been thinking since then if I could come up with the “Goldilocks” (just [...]
Product Review: Stanley Nineteen13 eCycle Mug
Posted by on January 16, 2012
Stanley has been making tools, beverage containers, and other food storage products since 1913. Traditionally targeted to the lunch-pail-carrying crowd, they’ve introduced a new line to seemingly appeal to the younger, hip set with recycled and recyclable materials, and bike bottle-cage friendliness. I’ve used a “coffee ring” type of cage on my commuter bike for a [...]
Springtime in January
Posted by on January 10, 2012
My scheduled day off from work today aligned with the unseasonably warm weather we’ve had in the past week, so I decided it was a perfect time to head out on the Salsa Fargo for my first “big” ride of the new year. The forecast called for it to break 50 degrees; I don’t think [...]
Product Review: Salsa Fargo, Part 3 – Touring
Posted by on September 8, 2011
This is the third part in my ongoing review of the Salsa Fargo bicycle. In Part 1, I gave my initial impressions based on some short road rides, including commuting. Part 2 was my head-to-head comparison of riding the Fargo on singletrack versus a full-suspension mountain bike. As promised, this post describes my experience with [...]
Product Review: Salsa Fargo, Part 2 – Singletrack Showdown
Posted by on July 20, 2011
I gave an introduction and first impressions of my new Salsa Fargo bicycle a week ago in Part 1 of this product review. Those impressions were the result of short commuting rides, and a medium-length road ride. Here in Part 2 are my thoughts after giving the bike a thorough workout on singletrack mountain bike [...]
Product Review: Salsa Fargo, Part 1 – One bike to rule them all?
Posted by on July 13, 2011
I’ve just completed putting together the latest addition to my bicycle fleet, a Salsa Fargo. What sort of bike is this? Well, as Salsa puts it, it’s “a disc brake only, drop bar mountain bike designed for off-road touring.” What does that really mean, and why would somebody want such a beast? The design of [...]
Product Review: The Donkey Boxx
Posted by on July 9, 2011
The makers of the Donkey Boxx bicycle pannier sent a free sample to where I work, so I decided to give it a try during my daily commute for a couple of days. What is the Donkey Boxx? It’s a hard-sided pannier meant to be used with front or rear cargo racks, just like a [...]
Product Review: Michelin Pilot Sport 26×2.3 Tires
Posted by on April 29, 2011
I use an Xtracycle cargo for most of my bike commuting and errands. Last year, I experimented with using the Xtracycle attachment on an old hybrid bike frame that uses 700C wheels. The Xtracycle is designed for 26-inch wheels, but it can be made to work with 700C wheels. It won’t work with 29er tires. [...]
