Tag Archive for ‘Gear’

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Chariot of Fire: The Original Liquigas Bus

You may or may not know that the Italian fuel supply company Liquigas is a major sponsor of a professional…

Rapha Knitted Cap

Rapha Knitted Cap: Handwash Cool Only, Do Not Bleach, Dry Flat, Do not Tumble Dry, Do Not Iron, Dance to…

A Bag and The Ludo Dierckxsens Longevity Awards

A great Hero amongst us (Mike Hero to be specific) once bestowed the great honor of the Ludo Dierckxsens Longevity…

Hoop Dreams

Oscar season has us thinking about great films that were overlooked in the past like Hoop Dreams. And Hoop Dreams…

Yesterday’s Palo Alto Catalog, Today’s Money pt. II

We thought that the 1981/82 Palo Alto Catalog was old. Now we want a copy of the 1930 Palo Alto…

The Dirty Truth About Warm Toes

Some Heroes rode bikes this morning. This morning it was twenty degrees in Chicago; twenty degrees of base layers, soft…

Yesterday’s Palo Alto Catalog, Today’s Money

Does anyone else remember the Palo Alto Bicycles Catalog? When Ted Hero nonchalantly tossed this in the lap of one…

Introduzione Scopa

In dark winter months Heroes settle in with Italian card games that remind us of summer days at our headquarters…

Cycling: Merit Badge Series

While catching up on some light reading – way behind on the light reading – it occurred to us that…

Selle San Marco RegalE: Carbon Rails

Selle San Marco RegalE Carbon FX, 190ish Grams, No longer the Belgian Stratolounger it once was. The Heroes Think SSM…

DMT Radial Shoes

2010 DMT Radial Shoes, Toray MR60, Size 43, 3-Velco Straps, Very White, Why, Oh why did we not buy some…

A Stripped Schwinn Paramount

A 1939 Schwinn Paramount road frame freshly stripped and relieved of a seventy-year shroud; without its skin, each mark revealed…