People's Bike

Custom Builders [Jeff Jones]

28 June 2010

My name is Jeff Jones. I’m a cyclist committed to the non-suspended bicycle. My ideas and passion have created an exceptional ride – a geometry that delivers superb handling, comfort and efficiency. A Jones is a high-performance non-suspended bicycle. The ride is both efficient and comfortable and the handling is immediate and assured. With the default [...]

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Ouch.

27 June 2010

Schadenfreude at its best. Having been hit by a few motorcycles recently, it’s nice to see them run into something that doesn’t move on contact.

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Custom Builders [Signal Cycles]

09 June 2010

We are two guys who met in a bike shop… We found out that we shared a common path to working in a bike shop: As young boys we loved riding our bikes and drawing. We found jobs working in bike shops. After a few too many years of turning wrenches, we decided that art school [...]

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June 9 ride…Maybe?

08 June 2010

The weather looks like it won’t cooperate, but if it does, we’ll be meeting at the fountain in People’s Square at 8:00 PM, heading out around 8:15 or so. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, I intend on staying home and eating a wheel of cheese and waiting to go out on Thursday evening, but if [...]

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June 2 Ride Recap

03 June 2010

The night started off poorly. Heading over to people’s square, some dipshit decided to ride down the wrong side of the road. When I yelled at him and tried to avoid him, he t-boned me, then, with a “mei guanxi, mei guanxi” rode off, leaving his keys on the street. My wheel was still a [...]

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Beer Bash – June 5th

02 June 2010

Hey, here’s a thing that’s happening! Check out this cool flier. We’ll ride around the French Concession, have a few beers and enjoy the great weather we’ve been having. Come on out, it’ll be fun.

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Fenix International

01 June 2010

About two weeks ago, about the beginning of my dereliction of updating duties, some of us here at PPLSBIKE went out and had dinner with a few guys from Fenix International. They’re a start-up out of San Francisco working on developing affordable, bicycle-based power generation for third world companies, specifically areas of Africa. Their kit [...]

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So Grate [Mobile Abortions]

31 May 2010

I’ve made that decision in my life to never have children. Seriously, I think I’ll most likely be an awesome dad, but at the moment I’m not all that fond of the idea and I think I’ll stick with it. To bring into context the extent of my disapproval of spawning offspring, take my answer to this [...]

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Ride Wednesday, June 2

31 May 2010

Just so everyone knows. we’ll be riding on Wednesday, June 2 instead of doing our standard Tuesday/Thursday rides like we normally do. Route to be determined, because we’re tapped for ideas. North? South? As usual, meet at the fountain in People’s Square (that’s just outside of the Shanghai Museum, for those of you who don’t [...]

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Custom Builders [Soulcraft]

31 May 2010

I’ve seen a lot of trends come and go over the 20 years since I began working in frame shops and building frames, and over the 10 years since starting Soulcraft, the industry’s increasing emphasis on aesthetics and paint seems to have overshadowed engineering and craftsmanship. It’s high time we returned to embracing the bicycle [...]

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