Yesterday I posted a picture of a Kona with downtube shifters, today, how about a Mixte!
The president of Nirve found an old Schwinn gathering dust in the garage and said to himself, why not make replicas of these bikes? We will be bringing you a video interview with Nirve explaining all the details on these [...]

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A while back I pulled the trigger and bought an old ten speed to ride to work. I failed to check pretty much everything on the bike except for how it rode. Might have been a bit over-excited to get my first geared road bike. Cruised okay…so I bought it. 1986 Schwinn Le Tour 10 [...]

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On this installment of Flip That Bike, I acquired a gem of a find, its a PUCH road bike. I honestly haven’t gone through to check the model name since I picked it up this afternoon during my lunch break.
I do know this, it has a Campy headset, Dura Ace front Der, Shimano 600 [...]

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You may have noticed we’re big fans of Xtracycle at BikeCommuters.com. Well, we are…but it’s not because we’re getting anything out of it. We just love their products so much that we feel compelled to tell everyone about it. Out of the BikeCommuters crew, I was the first one to get an Xtra and for [...]

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I wanted to post an update on my recent flipped bike. The Fila Torino sold this afternoon for a cool $150! I had originally posted it for $175 but after one week, I didn’t sell it and decided to relist it at $150. Sure enough, after one day being listed, the bike sold.
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This morning Priscilla wanted to ride her bike to work, but knowing that our daughter needed to be picked up after school, she went opted to ride the Xtracycle since she can carry extra passengers as well as bags and what not.
Before she left, I busted out the camera and snapped a few shots [...]

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I was able to get out on Recycletron 1000 and fill up two more blue recycling bins this week, and with a little luck, I’ll be able to head back out on Friday for another load. Check it out:

If there’s anyone in the Tampa area who wants to pitch in, I discovered a HUGE [...]

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From the big Apple, our next featured bike commuter just got ‘doored’ and is in good spirits to start riding again. Here’s Lyra’s profile:

How long have you been a bike commuter?
In NYC it’s just been a month but used to bike to work in Singapore for around a year.

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Coming to us all the way from the port city of Antwerp, Belgium…meet Frederick Lippens:

How long have you been a bike commuter?
I have been commuting on and off for most of my life (it all started when I was 5 and I got a Raleigh Chopper), but consider it to be more important now than [...]

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