Category: Stuff

things, gear, components, parts, items, consumables, etc.

Are TPU Tubes ready for their road close-up?

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Standard butyl 700c tube next to TPU Tube. TPU Ready for Close UP

Tubeless watch out The pneumatic tire, technology developed for bicycles, is an amazing invention.  In the 135 years or so that it’s been commercially available, there hasn’t been much in the way of advances.  The […]

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A Dropper Post DID NOT Win San Remo

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Matej Mohoric San Remo Dropper Post

The cycling world was abuzz with a seeming technology breakthrough on Saturday.  Milan-San Remo, the 293km Italian monument, was won by Slovenian Matej Mohoric of Bahrain-Victorious thanks to his savvy use of a dropper seat […]

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De-Anodizing Bike Components

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I’m generally partial to silvery aluminum bike components.  Aluminum anodized black does have value–it can look great new–but certain components, most notably cranks, are easy to scratch and fade and wear and once there’s sufficient […]

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The LeMond Tease

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LeMond Prolog Pink Downtown

I received an invite last Friday to a media event for LeMond Cycles. The event was in five days’ time.  They were going to showcase the allegedly lightest-in-class e-bikes that LeMond is building in his […]

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Truing Stand Therapy

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Wheel Building as Therapy

The other week I built a wheel for a commuter bike. It’s been over a year since I built one. It was soothing. I like to pretend it was necessary. But not really. I could […]

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The Gift of Warm Pants

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warm insulated pants.

Once I got into bike riding, Christmas became when winter cycling gear was gifted my way. A mixed-blessing of having a passion known by others is people often only think of that passion when it […]

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The Winter Bike is Ready to Roll.

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When I first started working at a bike shop, the more serious racers I toiled alongside had winter bikes.  That is, they had a bicycle they just used in winter months.  It wasn’t as nice […]

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The Inscrutability of Pro Equipment Choices

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The Tour de France is the most important equipment rollout of the year. The importance is due to the stiffness of the competition, the importance of the stakes, and the worldwide attention focused on the […]

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Setting Up for a Hot Day’s Ride (video)

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Just in time for that late summer heat wave. Or just keeping the warm days cool. How to Ride in the  Heat–Prep Tips from a Roads Scholar.

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Radical Brake Design takes Everesting Record and Strade Bianche in One Week!

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An earth-shattering rumble was heard in Europe last week, as the Everesting record was shattered by a relative unknown, taken by 23 minutes, and an up-and-coming star stormed to a comfortable solo victory at Strade […]

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