The Broken Spoke

09/16/2025

03/25/2025

i finally just laced a customer's generator front wheel up...!
i basically just need to move my shop outside to get any bike work done...-=

02/07/2025

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/billie-fleming-happy-100th-birthday-121964

Billie Fleming is no ordinary lady. In 1938, then named Billie Dovey, she rode a staggering 29,603.7 miles across the United Kingdom on a mission to promote

11/25/2024

i forgot that bill waterson is a cyclist...-=)

09/05/2024

Ride 4 Youth coming up soon...!

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04/01/2024

my friend steve is putting on this epic randonneuring event...!

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03/31/2024

i fixed a commonly shared graphic that has false information on it...

only one of these motorists is making a safe & legal pass...

https://iowadot.gov/mvd/driverslicense/dlmanual/dlmanual.pdf

straight from page fifty-eight of the iowa driver's manual...

'When passing bicyclists, you must completely change lanes, giving the bicyclist the entire lane like you would with any other vehicle. Do not return to the right until you can see the bicyclist(s) in your rearview mirror.'

02/29/2024

02/20/2024

when it's too nice outside to be inside working on bikes...

10/26/2023

Chicago Fire Department 1905 by Franklin Bearden

02/14/2023

https://thebrokenspoke.com/2023/02/14/thank-you/

it is with so much gratitude that i am officially announcing my semi-retirement…! i want to thank everyone who has helped make the broken spoke an absolute success over the past twenty years&…