Jeff Moser | May 29, 2009
Whenever I see a garage sale, I always scan it, looking for any signs of bicycles. Garage sale bikes are usually disappointing, almost always dilapidated Huffys or other department store bikes. Every once in a while though, you find something kind of cool.
Faggin Italian Road Bike
During the Tour of Carson, we rode by [...]
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Jeff Moser | May 27, 2009
Many cyclists that decide to ride across the country end up coming through Carson City to access “The Loneliest Road in America”, HWY 50. Seems like most of them roll through our city early in the AM, making their way to Fallon. On May 26th though, I met a guy rolling a bit [...]
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Jeff Moser | May 24, 2009
Readers of Bike Carson may remember this picture from a post I made back in November. I was walking by Comma Coffee, and snapped this photo of a bike on the Muscle Powered rack. Months later, I got to talking to OJ, a mechanic down at Bike Habitat. He said he saw [...]
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Jeff Moser | May 21, 2009
I had the privilege of attending the 2009 Bicycle and Pedestrian Conference this week, held up at the Montbleu Casino in South Lake Tahoe. In addition to eating three huge meals a day, I learned all sorts of new things about bicycling! Many of the classes held over the last two days were [...]
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Jeff Potter | May 19, 2009
In the Solo category, Wills Stuke took first place with 66.5 miles, while Tammy Steele edged out Kiersten Briggs by a little over two miles to take second place with 54.91 miles. A Trips category may be added to the Solo competition next year.
The Nevada Department of Environmental Protection jumped into first place on [...]
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Jeff Moser | May 18, 2009
Wow! What a week full of events, and what a great turn out! I’m going to need a few days to recover.
Flat Tire Clinic at Comma Coffee
On Thursday, Dan Turner from the Bicycle Authority did a flat tire clinic at the Comma Coffee courtyard. The outdoor setting, warm spring evening, and raised [...]
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Jeff Moser | May 16, 2009
Sunday, May 17th, is the Tour of Carson City Bike Ride and Bike Habitat Anniversary Celebration.
Sign-ups will begin at 9:00AM at the Bike Habitat (next to Best Buy), ride will begin at 9:30AM.
The Tour is a 28 mile Loop around the perimeter of Carson City.
Bike Habitat
Bring your bike and work up your appetite. After [...]
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