Hello. Do you like to suffer? You do? Then you've probably dreamt about the TransIowa race. Most of you inclined to participate have likely already been following this year's TransIowa developments, but Kerkove and Guitar Ted want you slackers to know that version 3.0 is happening in April, registration is open, and the deadline is looming. Get on it. -----

Occasionally, we get questions about how to haul a Pugsley with an automobile roof rack. Pugsley uses an offset 135mm-spaced fork, so it won't simply plug into a fork-mount type of rack. Some racks will allow the retrofit of a longer dummy axle to accommodate the wider-than-standard fork dropout spacing. But it makes more sense, in my opinion, to leave the car rack alone and build a removable adapter instead. That way, the rack can be used for 100mm-spaced and Pug-spaced forks without having to change hardware. Hurricane Components makes several Fork Up adapters to fit a wide range of…

I'm sure some of you out there like those fancy "clothiers" that supply at high mark-up the appearance of a life you don't actually live. You know what I'm talking about... places like Abercrombie&Fitch or J.Crew, where for only hundreds and hundreds of dollars you too can look sort of like you might have a cabin in Maine (instead of a studio with a mini microwave and a dorm fridge), a well-groomed and charmingly playful springer spaniel (instead of a goldfish floating in algae), and a statuesque, chisel-jawed boy or girl by your side, wind-swept hair perfectly messy as you…

WEDNESDAY NIGHT RIDE REPORT I am the passenger And I ride and I ride I ride through the city's back side I see the stars come out of the sky They're bright in a hollow sky And it looks so good tonight... -Iggy Pop A big, bright moon, illuminating reddish-purple corduroy clouds, and 65F air (tropical for Minnesoter this time of year) set the scene for a real good WNR. We rolled more or less south through the belly of MPLS, over lake paths and streets, into and back out of cul-de-sacs, got pooped out into hidden suburban singletrack, and…

Big Dummy is Stoked Todd Fahrner, Mr. Cleverchimp, sent me a Stokemonkey bracket for the Big Dummy. I installed it last night/early this morning, so I could ride it into work today. I'm happy to report that it works great. The lighter, stiffer Big Dummy carries the load of the motor and battery better than my Instigator Xtracycle, and the mounting hardware is a bit tidier. I've been experimenting with different battery mounting locations, and I prefer the top of the Snapdeck. It frees up both of my Freeloader cargo bags and centers the weight of the battery on the…