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Our experience with the box bikes continues to impress and satisfy…There’s very little to report in the world of the box bike as both our bikes continue to operate with little whine, creak or groan. The SRAM transmissions are working flawlessly and the FSA Gamma cranksets are just as pleasing as when I first rode the bikes –they’re super smooth, powerful and very lightweight when compared to a stock steel crank. Additionally, the 70mm drum brake on the Sturmey-Archer XRD-C freehub is strong, smooth and consistent…
Carrier Pigeon Diary 30
The weekend of April 17 through April 19 was underscored by a mini heat wave, providing an open invitation to little else but getting out and about by bike. The tomato twins were called into action numerous times during the weekend, for everything from simple, barely 1/2-mile runs to Oregon Park, to trips to the [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 29
Most people who ride a bicycle for daily transportation understand the basic principles of bicycle tires, including the methods for changing and/or patching a flat, whether in the garage or out on the road. Like it or not, most anyone who has ridden a bicycle has encountered a flat. This being said, with a utility [...]
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Saturday was an awesome spectacle of sunny goodness, so we set out with the girls early to take in as much golden-delicious happiness that we could. A quick trip to Sunnyside School was just what the doctor ordered. The trek was beautiful –cherry trees are in full bloom right now. I like to think of [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 27
The diary entries have slowed as we simply haven’t spent much time on the box bikes recently. A combination of illness, foul weather and a spring break road trip (in grandpa’s plush SUV with the DVD player) have kept the tomato twins perched quietly in the garage. While I have continued my daily commute on [...]
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After the successful conversion of Goliath to an externally geared transmission with high-performance FSA crankset, it took little time to choose the same path for Big Beef. Fortunately the folks at Joe Bike were ready to go and had the slick new Sturmey-Archer freehub in stock. Before I knew it, the new wheel was built [...]
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The recent conversion to an externally geared drivetrain continues to impress me with every ride. I haven’t ridden my wife’s bike much since the conversion, but each time that I do, I’m completely pleased. Today I shuttled my daughters to Fred Meyer, and the trip was just fantastic.
With the 32T front chainring on the super-smooth [...]
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I snapped some photos of Goliath after its conversion to a super-cool externally geared transporter. Simply click on any of the images in this post to be directed to the gallery, where you can view each image in higher detail.
Note that in one or two of the photos you can see clearly that the carrier [...]
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