Category: Bicycle
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Farewell, Pocket Rocket
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in BicycleI remember reading about Bike Fridays in bicycle magazines in the 90s. In 2023, I found a used one for sale locally at about a third of the price of a new one, so I gave it a try. It was a revelation; very different than my other folding bike, a Zizzo Liberte. If you…
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1990 Tour de France Publicity Caravan
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in BicycleA Rolling Carnival They close mountain pass roads along the Tour de France route early. Many people get there the night before and camp by the side of the road or arrive super early in the morning and then wait hours for the riders to arrive. It’s a lot of free time listening to the…
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Virtual Endless Summer: One Week With a Zwift Indoor Trainer
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in BicycleI got a new toy to help me prepare for the Unbound Gravel 100 mile race in May – a smart trainer and a virtual training world. It’s all in the Substack – https://johnmflores.substack.com/p/virtual-endless-summer?r=2rzwg It’s a minor PITA to be posting stuff in multiple places. Still unsure of how to deal with it….
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Riding the GAP and C&O Trails – Chapter 3
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in BicycleDay three on the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) Trail, from the new hiker-biker campground in Ohiopyle to Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. It’s 41 miles today and a long and steady uphill. Lots of cool bridges and tunnels along the way. I’m riding a Bike Friday All Packa folding gravel bike. Video and photos shot by me on…
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Getting Ready to Bikepack with Walmart’s $248 Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer Gravel Bike
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in BicycleI received a great comment/question about Walmart’s $248 Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer (that name’s a mouthful!) on YouTube the other day: And it got me thinking. I don’t have any experience with the other Walmart bikes mentioned, so I can’t really say how they ride. KevCentral did ride them, and was pretty complimentary of the…
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Will Walmart’s $248 Gravel Bike…Gravel? Third Ride/Review of the Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer
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in BicycleThe G.1 Explorer has impressed so far. It’s a surprisingly solidly built bike at its price point. And, unlike many other bikes sold at Walmart, it uses industry-standard parts and thus can be repaired and upgraded quite easily. The G.1 Explorer impressed on its first local ride with its general competence. And it impressed on…
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Second Ride on Walmart’s $248 Gravel Bike, the Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer
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in BicycleWalmart’s $248 Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer gravel bike continues to generate a lot of online buzz, which, if you think about it, is where most of the world’s buzz comes from these days – online. Much of the discussion revolves around the dichotomy between bicycles sold at bike shops vs. bicycles sold at big box…
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Beauty Shots of the Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer
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in BicycleI took Walmart’s Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer out for it’s first ride and stopped at a park for some beauty shots. Boy was I glad for the kickstand! I usually have to find a twig or something to precariously support the bike, and once it’s in place I’m loathe to move it and go through…
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First Ride: Walmart’s $248 Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer Gravel Bike
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in BicycleCome along with me for a shakedown ride of the G.1 and hear my first reactions to riding this budget gravel bike. I have a bicycle workstand and some mechanical skills, so the night before this ride, I gave the bike a once-over, pumping up the tires, setting the seat height, flipping the stem to…