Tag: grannygear

When I first saw it upon delivery to the vast and sprawling Grannygear Rancho, I thought, “Meh…looks a bit short and such…”

I’m at Sea Otter again this year and have a camera in hand. Here are some of the things I found interesting enough to point at and push the shutter button.

Lets see what I have found about the three pieces of gear I rode in over several hours and a goodly amount of miles. First, my favorite piece.

What if you could take the personal touch up a couple of levels? What if you could actually visit the folks making your bike, meet them face to face, sit down over coffee, get a proper fit done, and work it all out?

Now here is a thought. Let’s say you have a real need or desire for either one of these lights. But the shortcomings are an issue.

So what do you do when you already hand-make top flight bike frames in carbon and Ti and want to go to the next level? You add gold, of course.

So far I am super happy with how the valve clogging issues have completely gone away.

So, looking at this tire as what WTB has described it as – a gravel racing tire – I have to hand it to WTB at this point.

I am a fan of alloy wheels. And by that I mean wheels built with aluminum rims.

Cooler weather seems like it’s quite a long ways off, but maybe not. It’s getting a bit chilly at night already and the days are getting shorter, so the tipping point is likely just around the corner. Or the next corner. But soon, anyway.