Anchor Manufacturing Building: Vintage Schwinn's!

One of the things I love about downtown Phoenix is all of the small locally owned businesses. And coming soon, there will be more. The husband and wife team who brought us R&R Surplus are planning to open a vintage Schwinn bicycle shop in the same warehouse.

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Steve and Andi, we're looking forward to it!

Anatomy of a CB: Pannier Rack

Today's essential city bike feature is the pannier rack (PR). PR's are essential for carrying lots of stuff which you will eventually start doing if you have one. Using one is as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4:

Step 1: Approach your PR.

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Step 2: Attach a "pannier" to your PR - this can be a bag made specifically for this purpose or other items adjusted for use.

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Step 3: Put stuff in your panniers and on your PR.

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Step 4: Get you and your stuff to where you're going!