Folding Bicycle Blog

My mom never learned to bike. After I started Downtube she wanted to ride, but she was old and worried about falling. I found huge training wheels for adults, but they didn't mount safely to our pre 2 … read more

Customers often ask me how to make their bike more comfortable. My best advice is remove your underwear....no joke. The seams of the underwear will chafe your skin as it moves back and forth. Skin tig … read more

As I wrote in the price fixing posts, your local bike shop wants to manipulate prices to take more of your hard earned money. Need a bike? What should you do??? Schwinn bikes at Walmart are a gre … read more

Last year I lived on Hatteras island. I also spent four years in the Bahamas from 2009-2013. My time at the beach aloowed me to wear flip flops all the time, even when cycling.Overall flip flops are t … read more

I have cycled for most of the past three decades, and my shins have suffered for it. Aftet stopping at a red light, I often need to put the pedals back into my power stoke position to start. Often thi … read more