Interest over time seems to help refine things to ever greater specificity. A cave might have once been a great step forward for humans, but the supply was limited and locations even more so. Humans […]
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 […]
Bicycle Sentences By Grant Petersen Rivendell Bicycle Works, Walnut Creek, CA 2023. 166 pages. TL/DR 177 sentences in one book. It’s no Remembrance of Things Past, not exactly prolix by book standards, unless we’re discussing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
