The Cyclingskills newsletter

The Wicked Cross in Bennington Vermont must be one of our favorite races of the year. Besides having an awesome technically challenging cross course and great competition there is always a costume lap where everybody is a winner. This race is part of the NYcross.com series and offers a kids race and free candy for whoever dares to ride a lap dress up in their wicked Halloween outfit. If you like cross, the beautiful fall foliage of Vermont and candy, then you should put the Wicked Cross of the NYcross series on you calendar for next year.  Booooooooo  

When the UPS truck came up the driveway I already had a feeling that this could be the one thing I have been waiting for quite some time now. The new BIKE frame. I have been riding and racing bikes since I was twelve and probably owned over 100 bikes. But there are only a few that I have kept thru out my live. Most of them either broke, got sold or stolen. There is the 1993 Manitou DH bike or the Schwinn Straight 8 for example that were instant classics and I never even thought of selling them. The...

Keep your bike from falling over. Don't lean it - Hang it !!!

Today was the earliest that our foam fixture could have been finished but unfortunately the tool shop hasn't been able to complete it because of other jobs and pushed the delivery date back to the 23rd of October. Ouch :(  This seemed unacceptable to our manufacturer who is pushing them hard to complete it by the 16th. There is not much I can do about this but sit tight and prepare for the time when things are going to come in.  One thing that I did do is build a little photo booth in the shop so that I can...