Category Archives: Gear

The hats, mitts, lights, saddles, pedals, rims, tires, spokes, chains, sprockets and other equipment that makes cycling more enjoyable. Except bikes, that goes in eye candy.

The “Stella” by Light & Motion – Gear Review

I got this light at the Adventure Guide members’ sale last week. It was regularly priced at $150 and marked down by 40%. I checked the price on MEC’s website. It was also listed at $150. The 40% discount means … Continue reading

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Building with Bikes in Mind

We all get very excited when our city or region builds something with bikes in mind.  It might be something as elaborate as the “complete street” Waterloo turned Davenport Road into, or it might be something simple like Kitchener painting … Continue reading

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Transporting Ski’s by Bicycle

‘I should have thought of that!’ For a while now I’ve been pondering how to transport my XC ski’s by bike (ever since ski-muting to work a few years back). Chris Harrison’s profile pic proves this is pretty easy (that’s … Continue reading

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Child seat on a Bicycle – Medieval Faire Waterloo Park

I really hope someone was transporting a child’s seat by bicycle and that this wasn’t used to transport a child.

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Repost: [LOABkw] Tools of the Trade via Waterloons

This summer I’ve enjoyed Chris Klein’s series called Life on a Bike (LOABkw) from Waterloons. One of the earlier ones is a classic how-to, which I’m reposting with permission follows. Thanks Chris! [LOABkw] Tools of the trade Posted by Chris Klein Life On A Bike … Continue reading

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Vintage Bike Show – Anyone go?

I was browsing the web pages of my favourite, ‘sort-of-local’ bike store – Backpeddling in Guelph and came across this ad for a vintage bike show. Has anyone been to this show or one like it? If so, what’s it like? … Continue reading

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