I am a pretty mechanical guy, but I love mechanical simplicity. I recently had an issue with the rear brake on my Trek Stache 7. Getting the mechanical part fixed, the hose, was no issue. However, when I went to bleed them I got super frustrated. I am sure with...

I have never been good at leaving good enough alone. Probably because I rarely feel “good enough” stays that way for long. In fact I think that my fathers, and may others, old line of “nothing’s sure in life but death and taxes” needed amending. I now say “nothing’s sure...

(or confessions of a handlebar junky) I did some work over the weekend to my Surly Ogre. It is my touring/backpacking/gravel bike that I tend to put the most miles in on. So getting everything dialed in so that it is comfortable, but still capable, is very important. Comfort is...

Aside from my love of motorcycles, I am also a pretty avid mountain biker. And if you have read much from me in the past you know that I tinker with everything. So, over the winter I converted one of my mountain bikes to single speed from the twelve it...