2 Wheels Maybe

I got to sneak in a 3.5 mile ride last night and wanted to share the view. Last night was an amazing evening to ride The Mae Simmons parking lot when I left Since it's out of focus, let's call it artistic . Yeah, that's it. May you get out there and enjoy the world, friends! Be well and joyful!

For those of you who were profoundly disappointed that this year's Holiday Sale post contained almost no cargo bikes (I'm still deeply disappointed too), I thought I'd offer up my new favorite inexpensive Yuba. But first, we have to say goodbye to my old favorite inexpensive Yuba - the Mundo Classic. The Real-Deal-Steel-Steal Longtail Cargo Bike (was $999) The Mundo has been the quintessential longtail cargo bike in my cargo bike dreams, and the $999 Mundo Classic has played a crucial role in my cargo bike scheming. But now it's gone. (You can still get a Mundo, but the lowest-price version is now the $1800 Mundo Lux (which, to be fair, is a much nicer bike.) When the Mundo Classic disappeared from the website I let out a great sigh. But then I clicked on the Compact Cargo page and found a new Yuba - the Kombi. And I felt better. The new (to me) $999  Yuba Kombi So, now the world feels right-ish again. I can still order a $999 Yuba that...

[Blogger Note: In our Bring on the Electric Mopeds! post, we looked at four companies building electric motorbikes that strongly resemble the old 2-stroke mopeds of the 1970's. Of those four companies, two had their roots in classic mopeds and two started as e-bike builders. In this post, we'll feature two more designed and built by vintage mopedders. It's a great time to be an e-bike blogger!] I seemed to have developed a YouTube problem. Yep, I'm watching too much YT these days, but there's so much good stuff out there. In the never-ending quest for electric 2Wheelers, one channel that I keep going back to is Moped Problems . Five years ago the channel started detailing the life of a (gas-powered) moped shop in New York, but back in February of 2018 an interloper appeared on the channel - a  Super 73 electric bike. And that opened the door for an electron-fueled revolution. By November of 2018 they announced their intention to build an e-moped! In one s...

To be honest, Craigslist has been a bit of a bummer lately. As we reach the holiday season, fewer and fewer cool things have been popping up. I'd be sad about it, but it's a good time of year to avoid temptations. Today, however, the Amarillo Craigslist offered up some big tempters for a dork like me: Look at all that 2-wheeled goodness in one screen capture! Oset motorcycles - yes, I'm a fan. Remember the Electric Hooliganism post from 2013? How about the  Exhaust Pipes post from 2019? Both of those posts contain videos that show how amazingly capable the Osets are, and that 24" bike is actually right-sized for adults. Alright alright alright!!! Yep, an Oset dealer just 125 miles away The whole Oset line-up, but... ...what is that in the back? Yes, I'm getting over the delusion that I'm built for bicycle trials, but just look at that thing! Surely I could be a vastly better curbhopper if I was riding that seatless marvel! Surel...

[Keep checking back on this post - I will add new sales as I become aware of them. Cyber Monday at the Bottom] Let's get it started! Woohoo! Oh yeah! (Yes, I get electron-excited this time of year!) To start things off, two companies very familiar to the MSRG (Mesquite Hugger Readership Group, AKA Grizz and Spencer) have already thrown down their holiday-sale gauntlets. Rad Power Bikes (11/15/2019) has already dropped their entire line (except the RadRunner) by $200. When you couple that with free shipping, these bikes offer one heck of a deal. That means that you can get the Rad of your choice parked on your porch for just $1299. If you had your heart set on the RadRunner, it is on sale for $100 off, so you can have one of these for $1199. When you look at the stats and components on those bikes, it's gonna be hard to beat this deal! RadWagon (our first cargo bike in this post) - you so sexy!  (See them all here.) Juiced Bikes (11/15/2019) have also introduced...

This past weekend we were fortunate enough to stay at a friend's lake house on Possum Kingdom Lake. And, of course, we took a few bikes. We took off from the PK Trailhead and rode parts of the Redbird Loop. The HuffKlunk at Possum Kingdom For those of you worrying that I'd join the fully-suspended dark side , you can rest easy. (However, budget was a bigger factor than fortitude or grit .) But the old Huffy held up well. Anything we weren't able to ride over can be blamed on donuts rather than bike parts. No bicycles were harmed and very little blood was spilled. In truth, it's a better diet I need - not a fancier bike. Find the map here I've had the PK trail map on the wall in my office for a few months - my Walter Mitty wallpaper. D and I rode the section circled in red. It may not look like a lot, but this was a sidebar on a family getaway, and a very good one! Spider moon at the trailhead gate Besides the spider, we saw several spec...

KevCentral - way to go! Besides my obsession with cargo bikes, I'm also bit infatuated with the Huffy Cranbrook (a cheap, universal-palette bike for building all kinds of funky bikes.) Through that obsession, I ran across a KevCentral video where he went down to the local WallyWorld, bought a discounted Cranbrook , and did a very thorough review. Since then, I've seen Kev move up the ranks. Recently I was very excited to see him review a bike from Detroit Bikes . (I'm a big fan of those sleek, non-motored machines from the Motor City.) So, today I was all kinds of excited to see that mangu Mongoose sent him an Envoy to review. The biggest (and most expensive bike) I've seen Kev review Kev, I have Envoy envy! [ Blogger note: Seriously, I lie awake at night dreaming of the day that I can start a post (or video, vlog, insta-snap...) with the words, "[Insert anyone's name here] sent me a new [or old - I don't care] bike to review....