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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No, my shiftless feeling isn’t related to my lack of employment. It’s because my front shifter went out and the local bike shop doesn’t have a replacement in stock.
I don’t pay much attention to details
I have lots of gadgets on my bike, but I don’t pay a lot of attention to components so long as [...]

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Scott took up biking in May. He’s a runner. He’s working toward the Miami half IronMan in November. After riding a solid but basic Specialized road bike for a few months, he was ready to upgrade. Below is his account of last weekend’s ride on his loaner tri-bike. —Matt
My ride actually started yesterday at about [...]

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During my normal Saturday morning ride, I started getting less and less comfortable. Ten or so miles in, my knees felt as though they were going to hit my chin when I was in the drops. What was happening?
Simple answer: my seat was slipping down.
By the time I got off the bike to see what [...]

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The Bianchi Talladega was the coolest bike I had ever owned, well with the exception of the Spider that I had early on. That bike ruled the neighborhood when I was on it.

But back to the Bianchi. I purchased the bike and got a good deal on it because I knew someone who knew someone [...]

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My new, used 2001 Bianchi Talladega is an awesome bike and a huge step up from my frankensteined Trek 7300.
First, a few words about the Trek 7300. I bought it in 1998 shortly after moving to Orlando. I didn’t know anyone in town and figured that with an empty social calendar I could get some [...]

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If you are in Palm Beach County and need a honest bike shop, go see Palm Beach Bicycle Trail Shop.

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All of them, only one at a time and I usually need one more lower than my lowest.

Never had I the occasion to wish for a bigger, faster gear but, woe is me, I have wished for a smaller, slower, easy to climb with gear.

When I was a kid in Missouri, my bike only had [...]

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Have ’em show you the Navigator comfort bike series. You can get a Navigator 300 for about 300 bucks. It’s not a fast bike, but you can ride centuries on it.
It has a suspension seatpost (that doesn’t do a whole lot of good) and a suspension stem that absorbs some road shock. More important than the [...]

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I just can’t handle riding in the flat-back, neck-like-a-turtle mode. Couldn’t years ago, and definitely can’t now. I have New bar ends on my bike that project above and below the bar. The bottom ones imitate dropbars and I’ll go there if it’s really windy or I want a change. The top bars curve to [...]

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