Written by Spinner Ryerson This is my Krampus. It’s my coolest bike ever. I think it’s cooler than yours, but that’s arguably arguable. The only things cooler that I can think of are: Absolute Zero and possibly Bill Murray. In that order. With the green frame I had a few ideas for color combos. I [...]
The Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilots are in the middle of a long-term test of the Vee Rubber Vee8 26 x 4.0 fat-bike tire. Spinner, Sven and guest tester Aris have all had a shot at putting these promising tires through their paces so here is what we’ve learned so far… BBR Test Pilot Spinner [...]
Here’s a Kickstart to your Krampus Fantasies, or Krampasies if you will. I hate when people do that. Sorry. Actually, I’m not really Sorry, I’m feeling more Surly…. Rumor has it that Krampus frames are now legal immigrants and will be showing up at your local shop to do work in the next few days or weeks, [...]
I love this bike. I went out to Vegas just to ride it. Of course there were beers and friends that I only see about once a year, and more beers, but this conglomeration of steel and rubber was the focus of my trip. I was pretty sure I was going to get one, but [...]
http://www.chequamegon100.com/ This sounded like a bad idea. Believe it or not, earlier this Spring I was sitting around behind a bike shop drinking beer and talking about bikes. The conversation started getting into Single Speeds vs. Gears, Steel vs. Carbon Frames, and Fat Bikes vs. skinny 29′ers. What best, what’s OK, what sucks, etc. [...]
Have you ever wanted to trap your fat bike and can’t figure out how to make it fit? I have. And I got sick of being forced to ride my skinny bike because of this problem. Luckily I’m redneck enough to figure out how to Appalachian Engineer something that exists into something I want. And [...]
2012 Pugsley World Championships February 25, 2012 The Ax is Back Registration will be Day of the race at
Wednesday Morning, Jan. 11, 2012. I woke up and asked my puppy if it had snowed yet. She looked back with sleepy puppy eyes as if to tell me she didn’t care at all. Well, I’d have to check for myself. I made my way up and out to the front window. Green and faded [...]
The Decorah NYD ride is a 13 miles gravel route to the Blue Collar Friendly Randy’s Bluffton Store. Temps in the 20 Degree range. 55 to 60 MPH head wind on the way out. 25 to 30 riders. 3 Moonlanders. 2 Pugsleys. ? Barley pops and a jug of Home-made Apple Pie Moonshine. This was [...]
Gnome Fest was a great time once again this year. There are many great times planned and some that just seem to happen. I’ve been known for a great many things, and some…. kind of questionable things, but it seems one of my super powers is breaking things. I broke my very first serious mountain [...]
