Blahg - Grant's Blog
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First of '20
Posted on January 09 2020
GRIP OF GODS II (a fun way to be kind of a home mechanic) Start with a Hunt-Wilde grip, still made in the U.S. Cut some tape, about twice as...
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No. 32? Last BLAHG of 2019, but posted NYD. Tools, SunTour-Shimano, lots of stuff. A long one. Super sorry about that, but just give it a try.
Posted on January 01 2020
Normal headset wrenches slip, and this one, the black one on top, can't. EVERY bike mechanic in the world uses this one or a Park-or-some-other...
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mid dec 2019, the 31st BLAHG of the year?
Posted on December 14 2019
This tool was inevitable. https://drawlucy.com/ I think it's fair to allow ourselves some good old-fashioned mixed feelings about it, right? Fascination, intrigue, a pinch of disappointment. Maybe we just hope this...
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No. 30. Early December
Posted on December 04 2019
Tech notes on photo: Camera: Olympus OM-1. Lens: 100mm Filter: Orange Film: Delta 100 Wheel holder: Sofia Will and I were out trial-shooting photos for the Hillibike brochure. Will's Bronica...
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No. 29 or so, MIDNOVEMBER late night update, so if you read it early Tues, give it another pass
Posted on November 12 2019
There's guns across the river, 'bout to pound you Lawmen on your trail, like to surround you Bounty hunters are dancin' all around you Billy they don't like you to...
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No. 30 Early November. Required reading, this time. It's light.
Posted on November 01 2019
Once every several years somebody sends us their original art of a bike-thing. This one we got six years ago, and it's been hung on the wall in the...
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No. 29, October 23..with two photos added on the 24th
Posted on October 23 2019
The bolded part is an explanation. The real BLAHG starts below it. We have an email update newsletter and a company-wide blog called BLUG, and it's more moderate, less far out...
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No. 28? mid October
Posted on October 16 2019
Friend and Rivendell rider Marty are in Tel Aviv and went to an art gallery and saw these neat things: There are stuffs in the background, too. and...
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Wed OCT 9 No. 27? Riding like a Mongolian on the Elevator to Nowheresville
Posted on October 08 2019
That's me and Bobby Smith at the beach when I as 8 and he was 10. The local electricity company, Pacific Gas & Electric, is turning off power Wed Oct...
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