Kent's Bike Blog

The cool folks over at Alchemy Goods are presenting a nifty night of fun to benefit Bike Works. I stole all the details below from their web...

The smartest thing I've ever done in my life was to marry Christine. My wife is funny, smart, brave, beautiful, kind, patient, inquisiti...

Years ago, when I wrapped up my college days with a degree in philosophy and no firm plans, I was often asked "what do you do with a de...

A customer brought his bike into Bike Works the other day for a tune up. The most interesting thing about this bike is the front rack, which...

Over the years I've had the great fortune to work with lots of very creative people, but when you get a creative people together with a ...

Friday, September 19th was Park(ing) Day , a one-day global event to celebrate parks and promote the need for more urban green space. Seattl...

Donald, Bike Works Recycling and Reuse Coordinator, came to us from BICAS in Tucson, AZ. I recently noticed Donald's cool key ring, pic...

When people think of Bike Works they might think about our programs for kids, our bike recycling efforts, community outreach and the low, l...

When I first got this Fuji League, one of the things I did was strip off the coasting bits and make it in to a fixed gear bike. A bit later,...

Randoneuring is basically bicycling mixed with bookkeeping. My buddies with a greater tolerance for paperwork and a higher regard for the cl...

A couple of years ago I posted a little story about " Three Dumb Guys Riding in the Rain ." You may choose to consider this post a...

My favorite cycling event of the year takes place each August on Bainbridge Island. On Sunday, August 17th, 2008 I joined with a bunch of wi...

In 2007 Jon Billman competed in the Great Divide Mountain Bike Race . His terrific story of the race appears in the August 2008 issue of Out...

The brilliant cartoonist Ken Avidor has a great panel from "Bicycle Zombie Slayer" in issue #137 of Dirt Rag . Ken's book Roa...

While there are plenty of rear racks available for bicycles, front racks are harder to find. The Nashbar Front Rack works well for small lo...

The Bike For Pie ride is next Sunday. Details are here: http://www.squeakywheels.org/#pie

Astute readers of this blog might have noticed that I have a bit of a fondness for bicycles. Long time readers may have also noticed that on...

We're in the midst of what passes for a heatwave here in the Pacific Northwest and somehow I find myself involved in an email discussion...

The Bike Works Program Staff are out guiding a bunch of kids on a two week bicycle tour of the Olympic Peninsula. The note above is still up...

Normally, my virtual weekend is Sunday-Monday, but this past week a visiting friend and the scheduling needs of one of the other mechanics a...