“Certain motorcyclists, by the way, are displaying a distressing and somewhat slangy habit of calling a cycle a “push-bike.” The cycle was christened as a “cycle” many years before athletic young men became addicted the strenuous sport of sitting on a can of petrol.”
“Cycling” magazine; 29th February, 1912

We have ordered a few FlyingVelo leather saddlebags. They are en-route now. Once we get the bags and the shipping/duties invoice we will be able to offer them for sale. It should take a couple of weeks. The price should be $150-$200. Our first shipment will consist of bags in the three colors that match the Brooks saddles.

These bags are made of heavy leather and, in size, they are inbetween the small Brooks bags and the Carradice bags.

FlyingVelo is a small factory in S Korea. They have a few folding-bike items and some other small pieces. We have been trying one of these saddlebags for a week and are impressed with the quality.

We need a bookkeeper for the summer. Someone who has experience and familiarity with the principals of accounting. Location: Uptown, New Orleans. Contact us if interested.

Brooks has launched a complete redesign of their website. No more flash! (I’ll miss the birthing of the spring, though).

Some of the sections aren’t completed but the site is a good improvement over the old one. If you work your way down to individual item pages there is a place for consumer reviews – “we accept all, but coarse language.”

Schwalbe North America advises us of arrival dates (at their warehouse) for some Marathon Supreme and Marathon Extreme tires. We should have them soon after. Many of these tires have been out-0f-stock for a while so there might be a pent up demand that would eat up this shipment quickly.

MS       700 x 32C                    May 20
MEX     26×2.25                       May 20

MS       26×1.60                       June 18
MEX     26×2.00                       June 18
MS       26×2.00                       June 18
MS       700 x 32C                    June 18
MS       700 x 35C                    June 18
MEX     700x35C                      June 18
MS       700x50C                      June 18

Handcrafted leather saddles

Originally uploaded by Busyman Bicycles

“Customized bikes, hand crafted leather saddles, bar covers, toe straps, and a PHD. . .” is the tagline on Mick Peel’s “Busyman Bicycles” blog.  Mick does some very interesting stuff with leather, and saddles, and fixies. Lots of pictures on his blog and photostream.

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