Category: Bikes
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Winter Fools
Posted in: BikesMany mornings like these over many years I would get up and start by checking the temperature. After that, experience had told me based on the amount of noise and creaking my house was making under the wind that the windchill would be at least -10 more degrees. I would suit up in a combination…
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Get outside. Ride life. Support your LBS.
Over the past several years through various channels I’ve been fortunate enough to become a part of a great cross-section of people in the Fredericton area dedicated to healthy lifestyles and the pursuit of adventure. This is in no small part due to The Radical Edge and the community they foster in an effort to…
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Late Season Bontrager Gnarwhal Review
After holding out on dropping the mad dollars for some studded fat bike tires for a few years, I finally caved. Here’s what I found out. When I first got my Surly Pugsley, I was an instant believer in the platform. I picked it up in February took it home and bombed around in the…
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Coffeeneuring 2015: Control 7
Plagued again by my small town’s lack of open coffee shops on Sunday morning, I was forced to be resourceful to knab my final control for this year. Control #7 Date: November 15, 2015 Location: Tim Hortons, Marysville, New Brunswick Order: Large Dark Roast Black, 3 sour cream glazed Distance: 25km round trip Bike Friendly: whatever. Due…
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Coffeeneuring 2015: Controls 5 & 6
A tale of two coffees. Two more disparate coffees, I challenge you to find. Control #5 Date: October 24, 2015 Location: Chamcook Lake, NB, Canada Order: Fresh ground cup of Hobo Rouleur from Ocean Air Cycles Distance: 55km round trip Bike Friendly: Oh, hells yeah. While I was on a mini-getaway in St. Andrews, NB,…
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Coffeeneuring 2015: Controls 3 & 4
Subcategory: Cookieneuring The Coffeeneuring Challenge 2015 continues. And sometimes, it gets ugly. Control #3 Date: October 11, 2015 Location: Read’s, Fredericton Order: Americano, Ginormous Chocolate Chip Cookie Distance: 30km round trip Bike Friendly: Yeh Hit up the Read’s news stand and cafe in downtown Fredericton. It was raining pretty good, which in my mind merits…