Bike Carson

As far as weather goes, I think you could categorize Sunday as the best day of the year so far. It was a true spring day as we rolled from my house. It was only just 9:00AM, and I had no need for even a wind vest.

Mike and Barrett from Team Bacon Strip […]

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Applying lip balm preparing for a dry Nevada wind, this Carsonite waits ever so patiently for the light to turn green…. unfortunately, the nearest stoplight is a mile away.

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What is/was your favorite bike?
Like most bike geeks I have a few bikes. I can’t seem to part ways with them. Even the Kona road frame with the bent top tube. It just sits outside my shop collecting dust, waiting to be turned into wind chimes.
I got to thinking recently, what is my favorite bike? […]

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James from Veltec Sports sent me the following:
I’m in need of someone to help out my bike builder full-time, for the next couple of weeks. Tasks would be mounting tires and cassettes, organizing the builds, packing the complete bikes in boxes, etc. I’d like them to be full time for the next couple […]

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As you have seen from previous posts, the Sierra Nevada’s are still covered in snow, preventing any trail riding on these mountains whatsoever. Fortunately for us Nevadans, there are over 300 other mountain ranges to pick from. Sunday’s adventure began 20 miles east of Carson City in the mostly snowless Flowery Range, on […]

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I’m a bit at a loss here for my first post. First off, I’ve never posted on a blog with the exception of the occasional comment. Second, I haven’t been in the saddle nearly enough lately to really have much to say in the way of riding other than, I wish I was […]

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I drove out to Stagecoach today to check on the Iron Mountain Trail. I built this trail about seven years ago when we lived at Iron Mountain and I haven’t been back since we moved into Carson two years ago. Not many people know about the trail, so I thought it would be overgrown […]

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A friend recently asked me if I would take a look at her father’s bike, which was now in her possession, and make it rideable.
Like most bike geeks out there I am occasionally approached by my non-bike-geek friends and asked if I can take a look at their bike. I’m always happy to […]

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You may have noticed the lack of lunch riding photos lately. That’s because there hasn’t been much lunch riding! With all the trails under the snow, and all the roads icy, we’ve been finding other ways to entertain ourselves at lunch. A few of the lunch time riders got together last week, […]

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