Hey Everyone. Thanks for making this bike month the best its ever been. I was browsing the site stats recently when I came across something really cool. Check it out:
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This May was our biggest Bike Month ever! With over 2700 views we blew the other years out of the water. So thank you everyone. Thank you to the people that wrote the posts and worked on the site. Thanks to the readers who visited our site day after day. You have made it all worth it.
If bicycle riding to historic battlefield sites and witnessing historic battle reenactments interest you, then listen up. This Saturday, June 11th, American Heritage Bicycle Tours is offering a FREE bike tour and a FREE reenactment event at the Gelston Castle Estate in the beautiful Mohawk Valley. A very limited number of participants will be welcome to join us on a SAG supported bike tour in Utica New York, 90 miles west of Albany, for a casual ride along the legendary Erie Canal to the Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site where “one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution was fought” (Wikipedia) in 1777. Activities are planned. Upon returning to our vehicles, and a short drive to the Gelston Castle Estate, a genuine reenactment will be held, and if you’ve never witnessed a battle reenactment you’re in for an amazing surprise.
Go online towww.gelstoncastleestate.com and check out the “events” link. This place is located high on a ridge top with views of the Mohawk Valley that are nothing short of stunning. Contact John at 518.225.4209 or hardworkinjohn@aol.com for location, directions and other details such as camping options, food options,etc. Confirmation by Friday evening at 6 pm please.
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I am going to get through this entire post without making one lube joke. I swear.
BikeCommuters.com recently had an interview with Mike Kaelon from KHS Bicycles which was all about chain lube. We all, hopefully, know that it is important to clean and lube your chain on a regular basis. Now that winter is over we will have a much easier time doing this. Here is an excerpt from the article that I found interesting:
“…you really have to work at keeping the wax from building up on the outside of the chain, which can prevent any new lube from getting inside the links. If you use wax lubes like most people do, which is to just apply the lube and forget it (which is why most people use those lubes, because it doesn’t get dirty), the wax starts to build up, and eventually all you end up doing is putting new lube on top of the old build up, instead of getting it worked down inside the links.”
I just bought a new Shram bike chain recently and the thing came loaded with a wax based lube. I guess I have to clean the heck out of it before re-applying more lube.
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Okay So I added a day to this one, and although it’s not bike month there are still events going on. So give it a read.
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Albany Bicycle Coalition 