Well, technically the MS Society of Canada. I’m doing a sponsored bike ride* in a couple of weekends’ time and it would be great if you could sponsor me to the tune of a few dollars! * In case you think that sounds entirely too much like fun — a not unreasonable charge, given how [...]
July 28th, 2009
July 14th, 2009
Le cheval de fer, part deux
To recap from last time, I had a pair of dimensionally-challenged handlebars which my brakes would not fit. It was time for radical measures. It was time to spent some money on a set of real bullhorns, given that my penny-pinching DIY approach had been found wanting in more or less all possible ways. This [...]
July 5th, 2009
Le cheval de fer
So, as I mentioned before, I now proudly rock an old school steel-framed Peugeot road bike, complete with skinny tyres and comically incapable brakes. And while it is now a sleek single-speed machine suitable for silent running and blissfully maintenance free cycling, ’twas not always thus. My plan, after buying it, had been simple: ‘chop [...]