I’m heading Home From Interbike. Killing some time ’till my flight home. Another year, another Interbike in the books. It was a long one this year. Sorry, family, it was how the flight worked out. They announced this year that Interbike will be moving to Anaheim next year as well as being in mid August [...]
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Recent Bike Builds at Schlick Cycles
If you’ve seen out Schlick Cycles Flickr Photoset you know that we’ve been busy over the summer on new designs as well as custom bikes for customers. We will have atricles on each of these projects in the coming weeks but, just to whet your appetite, here are a few pix of our recent work. [...]
Lots of new Pix on Flickr!
Well, we’ve been busy in the shop as well as riding and testing a bunch so site updates have taken a back seat to building and fun but that didn’t stop us from taking a bunch of pix of both Schlick Cycles bikes as well as several new models from Simplified Bikes. Check out the [...]
Road ID Coupon
I ordered a Road ID for Syd and got another “friend code”. Use it if you need to. I think the Road ID is a great idea and should be part of any riders “kit”. Coupon Number: ThanksGreg828217 This coupon is good for $1 off any Road ID order. It can be used up to [...]
Get Ready for Ray’s Indoor MTB Park in Milwaukee
The hugely successful Ray’s MTB Indoor Park is coming to Milwaukee in Fall 2010! I’d been hearing rumors and plans for a while now but a recent Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN) story confirmed that this is no rumor! Here is a bit of the low down. Ray’s was the first indoor mountain bike [...]
The Bike Fed is hiring for 3 positions in Madison and Milwaukee
The Bike Fed is hiring for 3 exciting positions in Madison and Milwaukee ! Director of Communication The Bike Fed is now accepting resumes for a Director of Communication. This career-building opportunity offers the ideal candidate a chance to lead external communications and mobilize bicycle support throughout the state. ??The position is 40 hours/week and [...]
Bicycling is a $1.5 Billion Business in Wisconsin
It also employs more than 13,000 people in the state. That is fantastic! Here is the Press Release from The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin. REPORT: BICYCLING A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO WISCONSIN’S ECONOMY MADISON — Recreational bicycling is among Wisconsin’s top outdoor activities in terms of economic impact, and increasing bicycling has the potential to deliver [...]
Visiting the Sun Ringle Tech Center
I headed over to Sun yesterday to visit Russell and pick up some some hand-built wheels he made for a couple of project bikes we have going at the shop. He did a sweet job using some Surly Single Speed hubs I brought in. I got a set of 29′ers with Sun Rhino Lite hoops, [...]
Now I REALLY Can’t Wait Until Winter
I was perusing some old articles at Dirt Rag and ran across the following article: http://www.dirtragmag.com/web/article.php?ID=606 entitled How to Make a Ski Bike (by Noah Koerper). Since I have the old skis and I am hitting Dave up for his old Ralph race frame it seems like we will be able to get one of [...]
Thoughts on the Shark from Nick
Nick Ginster, a Milwaukee area native, lives in Taiwan and has been helping us with another bike project. He recently visited Milwaukee to see family. We took the opportunity to meet Nick and have him check out the Shark. Here is what he wrote about his experience riding the Shark: I put some miles on [...]
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Greg’s Rides
- Ridin Round Newport January 27, 2012
- Pack Down Lap at Canopy Tours January 21, 2012
- SnowBike Enduro Race Course January 19, 2012
- Sunday Snow Ride January 15, 2012
- Trivers Ride with Gomez January 10, 2012
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