The Scuba Jacket

JPPartland

When I started training in 1983, aka riding through the winter in bike clothing, it seemed like winter bike threads had barely gone past the 1950s, while summer bike clothing was starting to catch up […]

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Reviewed: Finish Line Mechanic Grip Gloves

JPPartland

Dirty, greasy hands are the bane of the home mechanic. The problem is most acute for beginners. They can’t help but get their hands covered in grime on even the smallest, easiest bike repairs. Once […]

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Book Review: To Make Riders Faster

JPPartland

If you’re crazy about Cervélo, you can stop reading right now and just buy the book. If you’re a bike geek who hoovers up all manner of bike lit, you can stop reading right now […]

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Getting A Fit From Happy

JPPartland

Riding to Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) with a backpack filled with spare clothing and sneakers to my first fit session in more than a decade, there was some trepidation, a little insecurity about my […]

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Working Toward the Next Level of Bike Fit with Happy Freedman

JPPartland

Good bike fit seems like alchemy. When you think you have it, everything feels natural, normal, and the bike is an extension of the body; the only issue is how hard you can push yourself. […]

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Making Sense of Bicycle Geometry Part Four: Using Stack and Reach to find your next bike

JPPartland

Part One explained most of the frame dimensions. Part Two explained trail. Part Three explained how changing components can affect ride qualities.   Knowing the size bike you ride is pretty important when you want […]

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Making Sense of Bicycle Geometry Part 3: How Components Can Modify Ride

JPPartland

Part One explained most of the frame dimensions. Part Two explained trail. Frame materials, frame shaping, frame construction, and bicycle component selection can somewhat modify the ride qualities that the frame geometry is designed for. […]

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Making Sense Of Bicycle Geometry Part Two: Trail

JPPartland

Part One served as an introduction to bicycle geometry. It isn’t absolutely necessary to read, but it does present many of the terms and concepts you need to understand what goes on with a bike. […]

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Making Sense of Bicycle Geometry

JPPartland

Bikes are kind of inscrutable. Standing still, there are lots of clues to the character of the ride, but many of those clues can be deceiving. You can sense the bike’s stance, examine the tubing […]

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Gift Yourself The Birthday Ride

JPPartland

It’s what you love to do. Give it to yourself. You’re the only one who can. I got in my birthday ride last week. And it was glorious. Sadly, it was the first mid-week slot […]

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