Palm Beach Bike Tours

Ken Steinhoff spent more than 40 years in the ink-slinging newspaper business where he had a license to be nosy. Palm Beach Bike Tours renewed that license in his retirement years. The blog is ostensibly about cycling, photography and using GPS technology to figure out where you’re going and where you’ve been. It’s really an [...]

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Portable wind gauge
Wind is a really big deal when riding the LOST, which is about 30 feet above the surrounding terrain with no place to hide, so I jumped on the chance to buy a portable wind gauge when I saw them on sale at Radio Shack.
It’s not listed on the current web site, but [...]

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Bro Mark sent me a link for what is described as a  Swiss Army Emergency “Piss-On-It” Battery.
This is an emergency 1.5VDC wet-cell battery. When you need it, you remove the cork, break off the little glass tube and fill it with clear water… Let stand for 10-12 hrs and presto, you got juice. I’m told, [...]

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Mark Boyd, a phred I’ve always admired, has toured all over the world. Even though he’s a high daily mileage tourist, he manages to create journals that are rich in photos and descriptions. Too many cyclists get hung up on mileage, routes and gear, but Mark has the ability to capture the ambiance of the [...]

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Earlier this year I wrote about how to adjust a Brooks saddle. I mentioned in it that I used a Carradice Saddle Cover from Peter White Cycles to protect it.
You don’t normally see cows standing around wearing raincoats, but leather that’s off the cow has a tendency to sag when it gets wet.
When they dry [...]

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There was a discussion on the phred list this spring about how to make your bike more visible at night. One of the members said that the Graveyard Mall had a cheap alternative to Hokey Spokes for a lot less money.
Hokey Spokes are transparent “blades” that attach to your bicycle spokes. As these blades spin [...]

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No family trip with the boys would have been complete without playing our Cars & Trucks mix tape including

C.W. McCall - Greatest Hits
(Convoy, Wolf Creek Pass, Classified, Old Home Filler-up an’ Keep on Trucking Cafe)
Six Days on the Road
I’m a Truck
The White Knight
The Drag ‘Em Off The Interstate, Sock It To ‘Em Hits
Truck Drivin’ Man

Looking [...]

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The shop name - Bicycle - on a store front at 6411 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, FL, reflects its minimalist owner, Wayne. No embellishment, just the basics.

Wayne is one of those one-name people like Cher or Paris. I’ve been taking my bikes into Wayne for almost a decade, and I didn’t know his [...]

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Cycling tourists believe that one or more of three things should be on your bicycle at all times if you expect to keep it: your hand, your butt or a strong lock. One of the phreds mentioned seeing an interesting cable lock at The Graveyard Mall, a site that says it’s “where high prices go [...]

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Today, my cycling friends, I’ll be discussing the difference between insulated water bottles and uninsulated water bottles. I’ve done extensive testing and am ready to present my results.
If you’re the lazy type, look at the pretty chart (shamelessly borrowed) below and then buy a BPA-free 24-ounce Polar Bottle.
Why do you need cold water? Or water [...]

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