An observation of a market that is contradictory of sorts. Cycling Businesses like to push the narrative of the green and earth safe sport of cycling. In recent months I have had a quandary of sorts. I am on the Cedar Valley Bike Collective board. And I have taken upon myself to source a way or method of disposing of unusable bikes and components in a responsible manner. We had a change over in staff at the shop and we have uncovered some past practices that are less than ideal. As I have dove into the basement of the Collective I have found boxes of used tires tucked away, and inner tubes strewn about. I have also gone through numerous bikes that have been cannibalized and had parts re-purposed elsewhere. Those bikes are barely rolling frames. During my adventure of sorting through the inventory, I realized we had a lot of unusable bikes fit for the road. How ever some ...
Musings and ride announcements for Cedar Valley area.