If you are just stopping in on our Group Build of the perfect commuter bike let’s catch you up.  After introducing who will be riding the bike, the overall landslide of bicycle frame choice was a Surly Long Haul Trucker. This wasn’t a surprise to me or many others.  Over at the Surly Long Haul [...]

A guest post by Eric Leugers, one of the two guys that run Banjo Brothers.

I have been an avid cyclist since purchasing my first road bike at age
15, but only a half-hearted bicycle commuter until recently. Riding
almost always was recreation for me. After moving to Minnesota in the
mid-90’s, I used [...]

Quickly recapping the series in which we are trying to build the perfect commuter bike for myself.  We have discussed what makes a good commuter bike, who the target audience is and which style of bike would be best.  As the touring style seems to be a big hit let’s now discuss which touring bike.
Quickly [...]

Over the next couple weeks you the readers and I will be walking each other through the process of building up a commuter bicycle.  This isn’t only going to be a how to, but also going to go through the questions you need to ask yourself as you are building or picking out a bike [...]

To be able to track where the unsafe roads, scary dogs, glass strewn shoulders and roads under construction is priceless.  This is exactly the latest feature at BikeClicks.com. Have issues daily on your commute?  Let us know and become safer in the numbers.
LOUISVILLE, KY (BRAIN)—BikeClicks.com, Louisville’s online community for cyclists, has launched Safe Rides. Safe [...]

Arleigh is building, documenting and writing out her build up of a Salsa Ala Carte mountain bike with 650b wheels and a Xtracycle Free Radical Kit.  This is an on going series so stay tuned for more installments.
Late this past week I took delivery of an Xtracycle Free Radical Kit at the shop.  The Xtracycle [...]