Review: Ostroy Woven Spandex Bib Shorts

All shorts seem the same.  Until you tug on something different.  So, it is with Ostroy’s woven-spandex bibs.  A common cheat on figuring out the quality of a pair of bottoms is panels;  more is […]

Department of Irony: Landis-Armstrong Edition

It was announced today that Lance Armstrong settled the federal fraud case that arose out of Floyd Landis’ whistleblower lawsuit back in 2010. Armstrong has agreed to pay $5 million. Landis gets $1 million of […]

The Haunting, Frustrating Chinese Bikeshare Graveyards

Stories about the failures of Chinese dockless bikeshare companies have been popping up on a regular basis since the autumn of 2017. Here’s one from The Guardian. Here’s one from The NY Times. There are […]

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 […]

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 […]