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Riding the 2018 Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee with the Schlick Cycles Crew

August 17, 2018 0 Comments

Riding the 2018 Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee with the Schlick Cycles Crew

We went to 34th running of The Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee bike ride with some of the crew from Schlick Cycles.

I have a few Schlick bikes myself but, for some reason on this day, I chose an oldie-but-goodie that I'd recently updated with some modern gear including a Shimano Nexus 8-speed Internally Geared Hub (IGH). In a nod to its original build, I think the only original part, is a set of Avid Tri-Align brakes that I got at Interbike in 1992 or so. Might be that the Control Tech seat binder bolt is original too, but I forget.

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For a bit of history this is the first bike frame I had design input on back in about 1991 or 1992 in collaboration with Ralph Henderson and was built out of Reynolds 853 steel tubing by good friend and legendary frame builder, Tom Teesdale. 

Since I had the Ralph ready for the ride, I found some old Ralph gear and outfitted some of the crew as an homage to Ralph who died in a plane crash a couple of years back. Dave’s one sock was an original from the 90’s as he too was a Ralph frame owner!

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Naturally, we saw several Schlick bikes on the ride. This is Jason’s Trail Genius edition Northpaw that he has been riding for several years. Jason also happens to be the Organizer, alongside wife Amanda, of the Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee (FTTM). That Sony should system he has on the back of the Northpaw is awesome and pairs with speakers on Amanda’s Salsa.

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Tony was rolling FAT on the Riverwest 24 race bike sporting a Green Guru Tubular Insulated Can Sleeve. Keeping 3 cans of beer cold for a ride like this is essential! We’ve got some other Green Guru gear that we are testing and will have a story coming up on fat-bike.com.

Dave rode his Schlick APe towing the 30-pack on a customized BOB trailer, complete with fatbike tire!

Ken has had this Northpaw for several years and commutes year-round on it along with a select few other bikes.

We are already looking forward to next year’s event. I wonder what the theme will be?



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