Reply to topic concerning forward offset seat tubes 7/31/2010

Been doin a bit of that myself, a new derailieur mount “standard” has just been introduced that facilitates taking it even further without f’ing up front shifting. It works well to shorten up wheelbases on bikes you might want large tire clearance on. My personal cross bikes have had as short a chainstay as common on a road racer. As a rider that like to wheelie and will at times take a turn in one a rear axle I can get my ass behind is a necessity. On Mtb’s... Read More

Fly test monkey, fly (or) a hillbilly will mount anything

The prototype BBW anti STI pods are moving on to the bikes of my trusted test pilots ahead of the scheduled beta production run. Re-dubbed the Hill Billy shifter, these mounts are designed to let you get away with not spending $300 to put another disposable integrated shift/brake lever on your drop bar bike.  They’ll take any old down tube shifter. Run friction, shoot, it don’t care, thing  woke up next to a dag garn goat this morning .  Read More

Terra Loco, BBW boston north shore ATB

I heard that in other parts of the country the trails are so smooth that rocks in the trail are pointed to and called out as obstructions. The commentary to today’s riding among the glacier deposited boulders would have sounded like, “Rock, Rock, Root, Rock-rock, root-rock-rock-rooooots-root-rock, - Rock-root- rock-rock, - ROOOOOOOOCK!” Point being it is really f’ing rocky, and rooty and only fun if you are way on top of it. I wouldn’t want it any... Read More