Scott's Blog of Stuff

I brought the rear rim of the Allegro 1X to the bike shop to get a spoke fixed. I had expected the work to be completed early Saturday so I ...

After replacing the inner tube in the rear wheel of the Neo Carbon (and finding a third puncture on the old one) all was well up until yeste...

This happens at least once or twice a year: flat tires. It happened to me this morning, about 1½ kms from work. I walked it the rest of th...

After riding home from work yesterday on my Neo Carbon I decided to take my Jamis Allegro 1X for a ride. The weather was warm enough, so I c...

I'm doing this in June. If you're reading this and can spare a few bucks, click the link! :) https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/...

I discovered another perk of riding a pedal-assisted e-bike; it's easier to get from one green traffic light to the next without hitting...

My ride home from work yesterday was fast. I'm pretty sure it was faster than any previous ride on the same route, at just over 31 minut...

I rode to work on the Neo Carbon today and it went well. Despite how uncomfortable the seat looks, it wasn't bad at all. I do feel lik...

I walked to the bike shop on Saturday morning to check out the Neo Carbon I was offered as a replacement for the defective Ion; I even took ...

I received a call late yesterday from the bike shop and they left a message asking me to call them back when I had a chance. Because it wasn...

When I left work yesterday, my biked fucked up again. This time I couldn't get it to work, no matter what I tried. I called the bike s...

I've ridden my new bike about 9 or 10 times since I bought it. At least once per ride, usually as I begin to pedal from a stop, there...

I decided at the last minute to ride to work today. The roads were wet, but it wasn't raining or snowing, and there didn't seem to b...

I bought a pedal-assisted bike (aka e-bike). I don't have easy access to a vehicle, nor can I afford one at the moment, so I decided thi...

I'm going through biking withdrawal. I think it's been over a month. I can't even bring my bike inside and put it on the train...

Around the time I started cycling this year, I set two goals: at least 2000kms for the summer 90kms in one day I was fairly confident...

At some point in the last week, I passed the 50% mark of my 2000km summer goal. If the weather cooperates I may be able to beat it before th...

It's been a while and I thought I'd post an update. The good : My "bad" (left) shoulder is doing fantastic. Much better ...

I've gone cycling four days now. Once last weekend (40kms), once this past weekend (33kms), yesterday to and from work (42kms), and now ...

Today I was thinking that it's almost time to start cycling again. I checked my saved GPS logs to see what day I started last year and i...