Bike Snob NYC

Prior to the arrival of the latest Classic Cycle Testcycle (CCT), I’d been spending a lot of time on my recent gratuitous used bicycle purchase:

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Yesterday I showed you my new testcycle:

And no sooner had I done so than I clipped in and scampered off to that most formidable of proving grounds, the forbidding Trails Behind The Mall:

[The beguiling mall behind which the forbidding Trails...

I realize I started the week off on something of a negative note, what with the bum fights and the malaise and all, but I didn’t mean to give...

I started this blog in 2007. It seems like only yesterday to me, but that’s a long time–so long ago rim brakes on road bikes were normal, gravel bikes didn’t exist, and mountain bikes still came with 26″ wheels:

Even though I called my blog “Bike Snob,” I didn’t really know much. Granted, to this day I’m constantly amazed by how little I know, but back then I

For me it was a weekend of skinny-tired riding:

I also continued to enjoy my latest gratuitous acquisition:

And as I begin my second full week of ownership I’m proud to announce that I still haven’t spend any money on it: