I’m Running Out of Heroes…

So it’s all over the news. Floyd Landis, newly crowd Tour de France Champion of 2006 has been suspended by his team Phonak, and is at jeopardy of loosing his title in the tour this year. He failed his “A” sample drug test, and is …

Buying a Blender is NOT Like Buying a Bike Part…

Dealing with my Broken Manitou has taught me a few things about the retail bicycle industry that I did not realize. Having worked in retail for over 16 years, you would expect that the type of service from one retail market, would be the same …

The Manitou Story Thus Far…

Now that I’ve had a day to cool off, here are the continuing chronicles of my Broken Manitou Travis… The story so far…. I bought it on July 8th, and it broke on July 17th after a shuttled session up at SFU (I know…Shuttle…Lame…Couldn’t resist). …

The Manitou is Broken…AGAIN!

So during my ride yesterday, I noticed that halfway down the trail, my fork lost a bit of performance. Like it would lose compression damping and rebound very quickly. Sure enough, the fork is now having the same problem as it did a few days …

Floyd is My Hero…

After clawing back nearly 8 minutes in Stage 17 of the Tour de France, after a disappointing, and disastrous Stage 16, Floyd Landis stomped on the gas again and took the lead in the Tour De France in the Stage 19 Time Trial. Tomorrow, as …

Even Superman Rides A Bike…

So I was over at BSP Bikes picking up my bike when someone walked into the shop and looked eerily familiar. Even being a fan of the show Smallville, I still didn’t recognize him because he was so incognito in a ball cap, shorts and …