Hey Cyclist, Bike Riding Helps You Age Better.

Probably. Maybe. Sort of. Not sure, but there was an interesting study. A big frustration of news stories that tout some breakthrough health find is that many of the studies behind the stories are less […]

NAHBS Cheesecake, 2018 Edition

You know you can’t get enough. I was expecting to see more of this.  Exquisite work and great finishes.         I guess Boo Bicycles did, too.             […]

The NAHBS Experience

As I was chatting at one end of the NAHBS floor, a show veteran walked by and struck up a conversation. As we got into it, he urged me to check out the booth on […]

They built a bike path across the New Tappan Zee Bridge. They don’t want you to use it.

Want might be strong. But design reveals intentions. Law made it that the new Tappan Zee Bridge would have a bike path across the span. While not everyone will see a three-mile long bridge with […]

Handmade Bikes @NAHBS this weekend

After critiquing it from afar five  years ago, I’m finally going to see it in person this Friday. The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is in Hartford, CT this year.  February 16-18.  Seems like a […]

If you want self-driving cars, prepare to be sacrificed

Self-driving cars have trouble with cyclists. It isn’t just the infamous trackstand that flummoxed a Google car. It’s that the car designers haven’t been able to program the intelligence a human driver brings to interacting […]

A Word From Our New Host

WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by millions of webmasters worldwide for building their website or blog. SiteGround is proud to host this particular WordPress installation and provide users with multiple resources to facilitate […]

Book Review: Slaying The Badger

  You know the story of Thanksgiving, right? Is it the one they teach in nursery school, grade school, high school, or a “revisionist” one you might have half-overheard on NPR?   Likewise, you know […]

Chinarello

  Mass-produced carbon-fiber frames are the polar opposite of the hand made steel bespoke world. With one you know everything about what goes into the finished product, with the other, you know nothing. The opacity […]

(Some) Crashes Are A Part of Bike Racing

(this story originally appeared on Red Kite Prayer on September 27, 2011.  As RKP appears to be shutting down, I’m re-posting the article in this space. For reasons unknown, this past Sunday, The New York […]