Victory Case
Spring came incredibly fast this year. One week we are riding fat bikes on the snow, the next week the trails are dry and we are back on regular bikes. This amazingly early spring has meant our store...
View ArticleMaker Inverview: Karl Roth of Spoken Bags
We recently commissioned our friend Karl Roth, who runs Spoken Bags, to make us a batch of special tools rolls out of waxed Canvas for the store. This got us to thinking that it would be pretty cool to...
View Article2013 Line-up
I know we have be lost in the wind this winter, but we haven’t been slacking. We have a new bike arriving in the spring 2013. We will also be stocking Rovers and Truffle Pigs at Tall Tree Cycles this...
View ArticleThe Inaugural Wakefield Icebreaker
Fat road. Its late February, as you likely know, and that means what it always means: its time to get some miles in on the road, one way or another. Today’s way broke with tradition: we drove to...
View ArticleFebruary Fat Challenge (via STRAVA) Winners!
Ok, you all want to know who won before anything else, right? By random draw, here’s who takes the Strava Premium 1-Year Subscriptions: Marco D David Bilenkey Winners were drawn from a mug by my...
View ArticleThe Wakefield Iceduster
Back at it in Wakefield early Sunday morning, Iain, Andy, Marcel, Chris-from-the-internet, and I rolled out on all manner of bicycles to put in some base miles on snow dusted dirt roads. With wet snow...
View ArticleThe Wakefield Cracker
The seal has been broken. On Sunday, a gaggle of Tall Tree Cycles team members, Imad, and Marcel, launched the first official Wakefield + group ride of the season. The ‘Alcove Loop’ was the plan, a...
View ArticleThe Wakefield Windfest: HTFU
Jim’s all-road ripper, shod with 35mm Contis. With the first spring classic, the Steaming Nostril, within striking distance, Iain and Jim were not about to embrace the warm confines of their basements...
View ArticleCarolina Frolics and the Wakefield Slacker
Greetings cycling enthusiasts back in the homeland. Just thought I would take a few minutes to tally up a tiny tall tale on the tall tree tabloid. Back for my seventh year in South Carolina and as...
View ArticleWakefield ‘Easy’
Sh#t! How did we mess this up? Wrong turn….somehow. It was supposed to be an easy ride. Four hours or so, three dudes. In reality, hour-one was teeth-on-stem-hard, as Todd and I chased Iain up Erables....
View Article2013 Ride of the Damned: May 19
Save the date, SUNDAY MAY 19! This year’s edition of the Ride of the Damned falls on the long weekend, clear and free of Mothers Day, and hopefully, right into the warm embrace of SPRING!This year is...
View ArticleSpring Classics 2013 Part 1: CRC
Mmmm, Saturday night’s forecast was grim. My plan involved the ‘bag-approach’ in the event of cold rain. Ottawa’s spring classics are underway. When I say ‘spring classics,’ I mean two races. That...
View ArticleMississippi Mills Grand Prix: Plan, Execute, Win?
Things are hotting up as we approach the Ride of the Damned on the 23rd, and Champlain’s Folly on July 14th. For those who don’t know, I am part of the organizing team for the Folly. I hope you all...
View Article2013 Ride of the Damned
Thank you to everyone who came out to ride Tall Tree Cycles’ Ride of the Damned last weekend! We hope you had a great time. As you may be aware, we used the event to raise money for Julian, Vanessa,...
View ArticleLa Coupe des Ameriques: Worlds Collide, Hammers Fly
What’s it all about? If you’ve read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, quality might come to mind. Some would argue that conclusion is a cop-out. But that’s a discussion for another time...
View ArticleHell Climb 2013: Costumery Buffoonery
Once again, the crowd out for the Hell Climb on July 24th was impressive. Drawn by the promise of physical exertion, light-hearted competition, watermelon, prizes, and costumery fame, about 60 folks,...
View ArticleD2R2: Anatomy and Evolution of the Modern Dirt Road Bicycle
The 2013 edition of the Deerfield Dirt Road Randonnee fast approaches, and it’s clear to me that this will be the biggest year yet, if the contingent from Ottawa driving down is any indication. Riders...
View ArticleTall Tree Cycles is expanding.
Hello everyone, I want to inform you and your friends and friends of friends that we are expanding. We have a new location in Wellington West. The new store will be open November 15th and our old...
View ArticleMTB Racing in Limerick Forest: Mike and Marcel do it for the Trees
On Sunday, August 4, Mike and Marcel tackled Dan Marshall’s Eastern Ontario Cup race at Limerick Forest, about 45 minutes south of Ottawa. Dan has organized MTB marathons under the Substance Projects...
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