I’m a sucker for a French bike. I like the way they look. The style of mixte frame here is “berceau”, which is “cradle” in French, describing the way the top tube splits into two and descends down from the head tube and swoops directly toward the rear axle. This is unlike many “ladies” bikes
You gotta love an old bike. This can be interpreted any number of ways, such as: they’re great because you can maintain them yourself with rudimentary tools and a basic knowledge of bike mechanics. Spare parts are inexpensive and (usually) readily available at your local bike shop. These bikes last forever and are hard to
Dear local softball league: stop playing with yourselves.
Not willing to sit >2 years on a waiting list, and not willing to spend what I can’t afford on a watch, I took advantage of the AliExpress June 2024 summer sale and got yet another homage to a much more expensive piece. After all, nobody (other than you) seriously cares about the watch you’re
The Seiko Samurai and Seiko Turtle are two watches that first caught my eye and got me into this hobby, and though I’ve had a vintage Turtle for a long time, I’ve lusted after the Samurai but had never picked one up. Seikos get a lot of hype and, in my opinion, aren’t great value
Once again, the local softball league never fails to fail when it comes to doing even the bare minimum to support gender equality in the male-dominated sport of mixed softball.
When a Bianchi comes up for sale, I pay attention. I think we all have certain bike brands we mindlessly search for, “just in case” something pops up, and for me that’s Bianchi. I didn’t know much about this specific model, but a mid-00s fat-tubed aluminum Bianchi has a “high floor”, meaning it’s gonna be
The short answer to “what’s new in the watch box” for 2023: not much. In fact, the both G-SHOCK Mudmasters (the GWG-100 and GG-1000) were sold, and so was the ProTrek PRW2500-1, because when you have a GW-9400 Rangeman, you don’t need another option for trekking. I spent more time & effort during the past
With this being my first dutch bike, I enter into a world of ultimate practicality, in what seems to be at the expense of weight and user-friendliness. There is nothing about this bike that is “quick release”: everything requires a lot of tools and some time to fix, at least when compared to a modern
What is a typical “refresh” on a bike, that I perform? First, I start taking the bike apart, “stripping” it, always with an eye on what’s missing, what’s broken and needs replacing, versus broken and needs fixing, and of course what is just fine the way it is. “If it ain’t broke…” Specific problem areas