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Category Archives: Mongoose Deception
Working in the margins. 30 days of biking, #25
You’re looking at junk. That’s what I thought, too. I thought it was a green and white bike. Then I peeled off the decals. Nope, it’s a white bike. I kept looking at it and realized the only thing wrong … Continue reading
Rolling into third place. 30 days of biking, #8
It’s the footnote to every essay every day in April: how many miles pedaled. And it’s often the same. One mile. Go ahead, look. Yep, not 20 miles. Not 10 miles. One mile. Barely more than than the much-noted single … Continue reading
The original WYSIWYG. 30 days of biking, #2
A bicycle doesn’t look like anything else but but a bicycle. It doesn’t look like you or me, a soda bottle or an airplane. A bicycle doesn’t have an interior. Everything it is—with the exception of bearings and, these days, … Continue reading
Shimano Dura Ace 7400 crank, tubeless tires and the art of deception
“You think to yourself, ah, now this will be a bike. And you’re not wrong. But it may not be the bike you’re expecting.” Continue reading
Posted in Becoming a bicycle, Mongoose Deception
Tagged Deception, Dura-Ace, Eclipse, Gravel King, Hayfield, Mongoose, Panaracer, Shimano, Specialized
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Standing up for single speed
Another winter bicycle project. Look, Ma: No derailleurs. Continue reading
Posted in Becoming a bicycle, Equipment, Mongoose Deception
Tagged bicycle design, drivetrain, one speed, vertical dropouts
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