Bike Library Offers Free Transportation (And Recreation) To Everyone
While on a recent vacation in Scotland, I spotted the Bike Library of Fort William. Like the name implies, a person can check out a bike and see how it fits into their world. The…
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Recall: Santa Cruz Heckler 9 E-Bike Dropping Its Battery Like A Bomb
Santa Cruz Bicycles has recalled their Heckler 9 e-bike after customers report of the battery falling out of the bike’s frame, creating both fall and fire hazards. Santa Cruz explains that, “The latch mechanism that…
Yamaha 250 Cafe Racer Running When Parked Sold Fast
I found this ad last night and this morning, the posting is gone. I’m not all that surprised. What a fun bike this would be to scream around the twisty roads between my home and…
Stumbling Onto The 2022 Scottish Six Day Trials
To kill time between The Divine Comedy concerts (one in Birmingham, England and the other in Cardiff, Wales) Gail, my favorite traveling companion (sorry, Lance), best friend and wife, and I decided to drive a…
Mountain Bikers Robbed At Gunpoint On The Trail
I estimate that 80% of my mountain biking has been done solo. There are dangers of riding solo. An injury, animal attack or a mechanical far from the trailhead could all put the solo rider…
Why Bicycle Friendly States Ranking Probably Doesn’t Matter To You
The League of American Bicyclists releases a ranking every year of how well states treat bicyclists. My state (California) ranks number 4 and that's depressing. If California is the 4th best state to ride a…
Getting Weird At The Austin Hand-Built Motorcycle Show
There is a slogan seen around Austin, Texas, that says, “Keep Austin Weird.” The Hand-Built Motorcycle Show takes that suggestion to heart. The show is the brainchild of Revival Cycles, an Austin-based custom motorcycle institution,…
Hill Country Motorheads Vintage Motorcycle Museum A Baby Boomer’s Two-Wheel Stable
The 2022 MotoGP weekend schedule at the Circuit of the Americas didn’t leave me a lot of free time but I had heard of a motorcycle museum in Burnet, Texas, that displayed an eclectic mix…
Austin’s MotoGP Feels The Sting Of A Rossi-less Starting Grid
Made the trip to Austin last October so I could see Valentino Rossi race his last MotoGP at the Circuit of the Americas. I certainly wasn’t alone. I left wondering how the retirement of MotoGP’s…
Running When Parked BSA And BMW Two Pack
They are listed separately but my keen eyes picked up on the fact that the mud color on each bike is identical and the steel building they are leaning against is the same shade of…