Month: January 2010

  • Burley Encore

    Burley Encore

    We recently added a Burley Encore to our armament of baby goods.  What is it?  Well, the Encore is a two-child bicycle trailer that falls somewhere in the middle of Burley’s range of child trailers.  In case you’re wondering, they also have a line of bicycle trailers to tow your dog or cat, or take…

  • UK-14’er: Disc Brake Upgrade

    UK-14’er: Disc Brake Upgrade

    If you read the last post about the UK-14’er, you’ll know that I’m done with my Paul’s Motolite brakes.  And, if you look at the photo above, you’ll see that the UK-14’er no longer has Paul’s Motolite brakes. As luck would have it, Eric sent me some BB7 disc brakes.  Apparently, he was very impressed…

  • 2010 TDU: Challenge Tour, Stage 4

    2010 TDU: Challenge Tour, Stage 4

    Yesterday I rode in the 2010 Tour Down Under Mutual Community Challenge Tour.  This recreational tour followed the same 160.5km route as stage 4 of the 2010 Tour Down Under. I started from our home in Glenelg at 5:05AM, and rode about 16.5km to the start in Norwood. The challenge tour started around 6:25AM, and…