Monthly Archives: September 2009

A minor milestone

If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a few months, you’ll recall that I took a stab at a bi-weekly time trial run in my neighborhood. That was back in May, and at the time, I figured I … Continue reading

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Tire poll results

The other day I asked Bike Noob readers to send their tire recommendations. This, after dealing with a couple of flats myself, and getting an email from a reader who has had a rash of flats. The question was, What … Continue reading

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Tune-ups — how often?

After last weekend’s incident with the broken derailleur, I got to wondering. It’s been awhile since my bike has been in the shop for any kind of maintenance, and about 11 months since its last tune-up. While I do minor … Continue reading

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Flats — get different tires or ride it out?

After my experience with a flat two weeks ago, and a warped tire last week, this e-mail from Don in California hit home: Flats have been bugging me for what seems to be the past month. I had a double … Continue reading

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