Forum: Tips & Advice
05-26-2008, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 840
Water bottles and bisephenol-A
What are peoples’ thought on bisephenol-A and other chemicals leaching from your water bottles into your drinking water while on the road? Is it a concern or do people even care? I was searching...
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Forum: Tips & Advice
05-08-2008, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,711
San Juan bike books
Here are two out-of-print books I found on Amazon.com. I use to have a copy of Exploring by Bicycle, 25 years ago. I don’t think much has changed in the San Juans since then. If you are going to...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-29-2008, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,056
Fuel economy
I have a bike rack/hitch on my Civic hybrid. Be warned the MPGs go way down at interstate speeds when you have bikes hanging off the rear end.
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Forum: General Discussion
04-29-2008, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 127
Views: 46,299
Bicycle Thief
And also "Ladri Biciclelle" (Bicycle Thief) by Vittorio DeSica
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Forum: General Discussion
04-29-2008, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 127
Views: 46,299
Cyclo
I second "The Flying Scotsman" by Douglas MacKinnon.
"Cyclo" by Anh Hung Tran. Very sad movie, but show the day to day of a bike messenger in the third world. Tran also directed "Scent of Green...
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Forum: Tips & Advice
03-03-2008, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,888
Kool Mule
I use an Oregon made Kool Mule made by the Kool Stop brake pad folks. I has a 100 lb capacity and is single-wheel. It is set up for 6 panniers, but I fab’d some canvass carriers similar to the...
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Forum: Newbie Forum
02-07-2008, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 174
Views: 134,310
Free Trade EPZ
My ride is a 2005 EPZ [Export Processing Zone] cyclocross. The following is its lineage as far as my research has been able to inform me. (Others are welcome to correct or make additions.) The...
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