Year: 2023

The Disappearing Entry-Level Road Bike, Part 2

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Junior racing. Disappearing Entry Level Road Bike

Part 1 is here. So, what’s behind the disappearing entry-level road bike? Several reasons.  They include: reduced market competition, increased component integration, disc brakes, and gravel riding. The market has fewer companies. When it comes […]

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The Disappearance of Entry-Level Road Bikes, Part 1

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The entry-level road racing bike can be a thing of beauty.  It has the geometry and design marks of a pro-level racing bike, has similar components and gear ratios as the pro bike, and, most […]

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Cross Season Should Start Now

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Mud Queen

I’ve been racing cyclocross a long time. It’s awesome, but it’s best as a cool- and cold-weather discipline.  Cross season should start now. September, thanks to global warming, has become a late summer month.  October […]

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How The Maryland Cycling Classic Came To Be

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  The Maryland Cycling Classic came back for a second edition this past Sunday, September 3, 2023.  The inaugural edition, in 2022, was the first pro race in the United States of America since 2019, […]

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John Tesh Wrote the Soundtrack

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Paris-Roubaix 1985, Planckaert leads the group into a submerged pave sector.

John Tesh wrote the soundtrack to my cycling youth. The 1985 Paris-Roubaix is seared into my memory as possibly the greatest classic of all time.  I fear the reason is possibly because the music not […]

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