Test Ride
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Joel is Guitar Ted’s co-worker. These words and photos are from Guitar Ted’s arsenal!
A little background on Joel and his rig: This is a Raleigh Professional circa 1974. Joel has had it since the late 70’s. Joel has been a racer, bike shop mechanic, shop manager, and now teaches Spanish at a local community […]
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Today was one of the Outdoor Demo days at Interbike 2008. Taking 30 minutes out of my day to ride the Haro Beasley was a must. I missed my chance at Sea Otter this past spring due to scheduling and not a full supply of demo bikes. For Interbike Haro was ready with many 1×9 […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Misty is an employee over at Vassago Cycles. She took a 29″ Vassago Optimus Ti and turned it 650b. After talking with her for a couple month on her thoughts of the wheel size she did a quick review of the bike and how it handles.
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
This post was found over at Cycling Spokane. With an ok from the author and test rider I have copied his original post below for all those interested in the Rawland Sogn.
I’ve had the Rawland built up for a couple days now. All up, I’ve probably ridden it about 30 miles. About 10 miles of […]
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
A couple weeks back after riding the YiPsan around and getting it ready to ship back to Renold I got a slightly crazy idea.. what if.. I had a true all arounder? I had already proven to myself that the 650b was comfortable and fast enough to deal with on the road. The 41mm (or […]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
This past weekend 650b.com took delivery of a randoneering bike to give the 650b road riding a try. The bike is Renold YiPsan of YiPsan Bicycles personal steed. Tagged as a “winter/rando” bike this thing seems to be bomb proof and perfect for winter riding.
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