Category: Cycling

  • Decarbonising Home

    Decarbonising Home

    Sections A little background An interview that was the motivation for writing all of this Why did I do this? The reasons why I decarbonised my home A few notes Notes on the creation of this piece What did I do? A brief overview of what I did When did I do it and how…

  • 20 Years

    20 Years

    20 years ago in the (northern hemisphere) spring of 2006 I bought a used Stirling Silver 2001 Gunnar Crosshairs from Karl at Klunk Cycles in Columbia, MO. It was my first dropbar bike, and I rode it off-road far more than on anything paved. In mid-Missouri there was the MKT and Katy Trail, somehow both…

  • Drivetrains

    Drivetrains

    I recently read a fun article by Rob English over on Escape Collective about assembling various mechanical and electronic drivetrains in useful, non-standard ways. While my drivetrains aren’t quite as exotic as most of these, some are quirky in their own ways. I’ve included only complete or soon-to-be-completed bikes and only bikes that I regularly…