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Raleigh “Conversion” Professional

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 […]

Interbike Outdoor : Haro Beasley

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 […]

Vassago Optimus Ti 650b

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.

Rawland Sogn - Initial Impressions

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 […]

Salsa Ala Carte : Commuter Follow Up

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 […]

YiPsan Winter Bike: Preview

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.