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01/01/2024

Happy New Year! We’ll be doing some cool stuff in 2024!

05/30/2023

Merry Sales Co. is the oldest bicycle company in North America. It was started in 1905 and originally sold bicycle as well as motorcycle parts. Eventually the bicycle division was split off and sold to the Porters, and the Porter family has been involved for around 100 years now.

Jim is the only third generation bike biz person we know of. His knowdledge of the business side of it is staggeringly large and broad. He also is a hell of a wealth of knowledge of the history of the biz too.

This video gives you a tiny glimpse into this wealth of knowledge and history inside the company. Someone could do an hour a day for 5 years with Jim and still just scratch the surface of what he knows.

05/31/2022

Cool new goodies form Cane Creek Cycling Components

“Cane Creek Cycling Components is proud to introduce the newest member of the eeSilk compliance family, the eeSilk Stem. eeSilk Stem is a fatigue-reducing compliance stem that noticeably reduces vibrations on variable surfaces. With up to 20mm of tunable compliance, an easy single bolt external el...

05/21/2022

We ordered snow in January and it just landed in May.

Bike industry isn’t alone in supply chain issues!

11/03/2020

Was invited to Trinidad, CO recently for a cycling symposium they hosted. The hospitality we experienced was beyond expectations. This community really wants to become a cycling destination as well as building a robust cycling community. More to come soon.

11/03/2020

Here is my latest article to be published regarding the value of knobby tires on gravel bikes and the beauty of the variety of tires being offered on the market currently for Gravel Cyclist.

Tires are something I very much enjoy playing with and look forward to diving deeper into the value of various sizes for gravel/Allroad use.

Tires are something I’ve developed a fondness for meddling with going back about 30 years. One of the first things I did was swap my tires on my first mountain bike for something a bit more aggressive than stock, and of course, a lot of iconic tires came out in the 90’s for mountain bikes […]

07/23/2020

In this Shimano sponsored Marginal Gains TV episode, Josh shares his Top 5 Affordable Marginal Gains that will save you on watts. Products mentioned in this ...

07/21/2020

Adam sits down with the ProCo360 podcast to discus the business of bikes

04/29/2020

Please Consider helping Dave. If you can’t give, please share. $30k in bikes stolen.

Bike Thieves SuckSome time early Apr 26 Sunday morning some as****es smashed & grabbed $30k w… Sean Buckman needs your support for Redstone Theft Recovery

04/27/2020