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Blahg - Grant's Blog

SHIFTING GEARS, literally, imperfectly, joyfully. A nearly single-topic BLAHG.

July 22, 2022

It's long and rambling, but you'll learn two to four things about derailers or shifting that you didn't know before. Modern shifting systems, indexing or electronic, are coordinated packages...

backing off on BLAHGS for now, as of May 27

May 27, 2022

I have to sort out internally what I can and can't do here, what makes sense for me given my own level of self-knowledge, if I can say that without...

Late May, early June. Pants, pantographing, nail polishing pedals, project updates, bees, a snake way down there at the bottom and easily avoided (M).

May 20, 2022

There's a new coffee table book about bicycle head badges. A Dutch fellow named Jos wrote it, and he asked us for submissions, and now the book is...

Late May. Silver stuff and rear derailer stuff..." of a technical nature," hippie pedals, torched frame, Q & A about the rear derailer.

May 13, 2022

I know this is a minority opinion, but I love the look and feel of rust. It's like metal going back to the soil. It's just so beautiful, especially up...

Early May: Lots of stuff

May 6, 2022

ViseGrips, The best tool in the world. I could go on and on about them. I feel like doing that, but I just can't now. ------ Last year or so...

Late April- Zelenskyy, goats, Boy Scouts 1965, club riding, riding when old. Maybe a few mistakes. Will edit more this weekend.

April 29, 2022

---- Zelenskyy t's, all profits to United Help Ukraine. I'd have thought that being publicly pro-Ukraine-Zelenskyy wouldn't elicit any negative letters, but that has not been the case. It's OK. I'd...

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