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 […]
Bicycles are a solution for the world’s COVID-19 woes. For the suburban and rural, it’s exercise without going to a gym. For the urban, it’s exercise without the gym AND transportation at the same time. […]
Locking a bike up is existential dread. Testing out bike locks and writing about them induced a fair amount of paranoia. What do I know about locks? What if my bikes get stolen? What if […]
Locks that are secure enough to leave a kid’s bike on the streets of New York for a school day yet light and small enough for that kid to carry are hard to find. The […]
The goal is to find a lock solution for urban bike-commuting kids. Something that is safe enough to leave all day, light enough to not mind carrying on the bike or in a backpack, and […]
When you have an underage cyclist you’re trying to get to join you in the world of wheels, it’s hard to strike the right level of support. If you ride a bike you clearly care […]
Kid bikes are maddening. Bikes with 20” and 24” wheels typically weigh north of 24lbs. That’s not just the big box bikes, but even from manufacturers that want users to associate their brand with […]
