As I write this it is around 22 degrees outside and quite windy. Granted it is night time, but we aren't even into December yet mind you. Looking back we had a pretty decent year out on the trails up here in Maine. There were a couple wet stretches that sogged up the ledge and clay topography that is the norm for the area, but all in all there was some good riding this summer.

Coming soon to the trails near Bikeman HQ

No, not a ski lift, a bike lift . Apparently they have these things in Norway to help folks get up steep hills. If this is out there just imagine what other cool things must be hiding out there? I really need to go to Europe...maybe bikeman's own world traveler, Joel Woodman Dexter, would be willing to show me around.

I'm sitting here watching the votes get tallied and I find myself wondering which candidate was more pro bike?  I haven't the faintest idea where either of them stand.  It would be nice if cycling related issues were addressed in the mainstream media coverage of the election wouldn't it?  Can you imagine if, during one of the debates, the issue of alternative transportation was brought up and one of the candidates brought up cycling as part of their plan. That would be great wouldn't it? Maybe in 2012

Thats right, this guy rocks steel bikes and only steel bikes.

Go ahead... roll your eyes...quip about how your frame material of choice is better, or how your fully suspended rig is so much radder and smooths out all the bumps (thanks for the newsflash). Seriously, gimme your best shot, I have heard them all...twice.

A Steel Bike Being Born

Would you rather have a lot of bikes or just a couple that were wicked nice?

I love bikes and I want to have all sorts of different styles and configurations on hand to ride and tinker with, be they fancy or old and beat up. One of the coolest things about Bikeman HQ (a.k.a. Bath Cycle and Ski) is that we have the full spectrum of possibilities right under our noses. You can go from working on a $6k Trek Madone racing machine to rummaging through the boneyard trying to find a potential commuter bike frame for someone looking to become one less car on the road.

Dinglespeed:

A type of bicycle that uses has a single cog in the rear and a double ring set up on the crank. A chain tensioning device, such as the Paul's Component Melvin or old derailleur, is required to take up the chain slack. The use of a front derailleur is optional.

Looking for an excuse to build another bike?

Do you have an old frame or bike languishing in a corner somewhere?

Then slap a Melvin or old derailleur on there and dinglespeed that bad Larry

thats what I did to my old 1983 Fat Chance