• Fat distractions

    While always being attracted to the weirdest bicycles I would never think that this would get me into the mountain bicycling. Although I have my Surly Pugsley framset hanging somewhere in the stable I feel that all this happened too suddenly. Building it takes some time and that is good. This should give me needed time to transition smoothly to this funky underworld of the biking universe. Get into mountain biking sustainably. Do it slowly. Do not ride a mountain bike. If you can. Parts are coming from all over the world. While waiting for it to get on my workbench I have plenty of time to dream about riding…

  • About cycling against the wind and Nr. 7.

    It is amazing how often I end up riding in a wind tunnel. Don’t know if this is a specialty of the plains of Chicago or simply a curse of every long distance bicyclista. Seems like both to me. My commute takes around one hour or twelve miles from north to south and vice versa. Sometimes these miles are the same as any other day before. Sometimes it seems like you ride it all for the very first time with all the excitement and sense of discovery in almost every turn you make, with every lake-gull you greet. One thing stays pretty much stable nevertheless. I always end up riding……

  • Another source for tandem touring inspiration

    Or actually for any bike touring. Recently I somehow decided to jump on a tandem again. Once you tried that type of a bike it is difficult to resist the temptation to get back tandeming again. So for now I am contemplating how to have one without spending a fortune.  Will go with some “budget” tandem options, most likely with the second hand one and likely it is going to be something from KHS or Cannondale. Or shall I ship one from Daves? Ha, lets keep it for Lithuanian tandemistas! Never the less while going through the web jungles I happen to find a great source packed with images of…

  • Another Brooks experience. “Organic” B67 Select overview.

    Not long time ago, just some 1000 miles ago, I happen to get one saddle. It was manufactured in England from that famous saddle producer – Brooks. Funny thing about that particular saddle is that it happens to be B76 SELECT model. Select stands here for “organic” leather they use, which is taken off from organically raised cattle somewhere in Sweden. I still think that no matter good wording and sound reasoning, organic leather and dead animal doesn’t go together. Or maybe I just perceive word “organic” in too naïve way. So at the beginning I was extremely skeptical about this saddle line and somehow even got disappointed with the…