A new year, a new thing for the blog. In addition to writing about our adventures in England, I’m going to start posting a workshop roundup every week or two highlighting what happens in the Cycle Heaven York Station workshop. Here are a few things from the past two weeks.
Categories: Miscellaneous
Tagged: Airnamal, Frame Lock, Hub Service, Mercian, Nexus, Workshop Roundup
***Warning: this post has nothing to do with England.*** Back in the fall of 1999, a few months after my 18th birthday, I received in the mail a free, unsolicited package from Gillette. The package contained a brand new Mach3 razor and several shiny cartridge blades. This was a clear signal: I had finally reached [...]
Categories: Miscellaneous
Tagged: Freebie Marketing, Gillette, King Camp Gillette, Mach3, Merkur, Safety Razor, Shaving
Over the Christmas holidays the combination of melting snow and too many days spent indoors ignited a desire to go out exploring on our Bromptons. We chose to ride to the nearby ruins of a 13th century priory. The warmer weather and simple navigation made the outing much more enjoyable than our recent excursion to [...]
Categories: Adventures,England,Miscellaneous
Tagged: Bicycles, Brompton, Castles, Durham Castle, Finchale Priory, UFO