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  • How to replace a bicycle tube

    Posted on March 10, 2011 by Adam

    Ever wonder why a bike shop charges ten dollars for labor on a simple flat? Next time save yourself some loot and DIY! For a hands-on tutorial stop by Budget Bicycle Center any Wednesday evening at 7 pm between May 25 and the end of August. It's FREE, bring your bike and your tools (or wallet) and get intimate with your bicycle.
  • CycleOps Fluid 2 Indoor Bicycle Trainer

    Posted on January 16, 2011 by Bradley

    Numerous cyclists ride bikes for exercise or leisure, but what happens when inclement weather keeps you indoors? It's no fun taking a bicycle out on the cold, slippery streets where drivers often are too distracted to pay attention to cyclists. Also riding on a hot, humid  day can be even more oppressive...videos & user comments included
  • Studded Tires for Winter Bike Riding

    Posted on January 12, 2011 by Ben

    Last night while riding home from work, I couldn’t help but wonder how much help my studded tires really were giving. Sure, I wasn’t slipping, but I still took corners pretty slowly, never leaning into them, and rutted up snow still pushed me around a bit.
  • Burley Travoy Urban Ultility Trailer Review

    Posted on January 2, 2011 by Bradley

    You could say it’s a trailer and bicyclists have been attaching various trailers to their bikes for as long as there were trailers and bikes, but the research and industrial design time Burley spent is evident. Officially, the Travoy is called an Urban Commuter Trailer and is intended to get groceries, errands, and so on.
  • Bianchi: 125 years of cycling excellence

    Posted on December 21, 2010 by Ben

    Here at Budget Bicycle Center, we have always embraced history. We love looking back at the development of bicycle technology and where it will take us into the future. While we have the pleasure of working with several companies with a great and storied history, none is so respite with heritage, palmarès, and innovation as Bianchi.
  • c.1915 American Crescent Bicycle

    Posted on December 17, 2010 by Ben

    Western Wheel Works was founded in Chicago around 1890 by Chicago Immigrant Adolf Shoeninger. His mass production practices learned from Albert Agustus Pope and Columbia bicycles helped Wheel Works keep costs down and profits high.
  • Winter Bike Riding | Tips & Tricks

    Posted on December 17, 2010 by Ben

    Winter. The season of snow, ice, wind, visible breath, and numb fingers. For many, this is the time of year that bikes come inside and are pedaled on a trainer, or worse yet, simply hung up until the spring thaw. For some, its a time to cross-train on skis or snowshoes. For others, a time to pound out as many trainer miles as they can tolerate.
  • Folding bikes have proven great for city riding and commuting to work

    Posted on November 18, 2010 by Scot

    Travel often? Don’t have space to store a bicycle indoors? Want to ride to work, but its just a bit too far? A folding bicycle can solve all these issues and more! Folding bikes have proven great for city riding and commuting to work. Many who have a long commute will break it up by...
  • Bicycle Poster Background

    Posted on November 18, 2010 by Ben

    One of the great commercial marriages of the late nineteenth century was the development of the bicycle alongside the development of the multi color poster. While both inventions had international appeal, their foundations were provided in France. Artist Jules Chéret developed a process of overlapping color fields to create vibrant, multi-tonal works...
  • Your Local Bike Shop in Madison

    Posted on November 17, 2010 by Ben

    Our cult is an eclectic one. Spandex wearing roadies, flocks of gear-hound one-upsmen. College students on rusty Huffys with flat tires, riding through red lights, blissfully unaware of the fact that they almost just died.

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