NAHBS Cheesecake, 2018 Edition

JPPartland

You know you can’t get enough. I was expecting to see more of this.  Exquisite work and great finishes.         I guess Boo Bicycles did, too.             […]

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The NAHBS Experience

JPPartland

As I was chatting at one end of the NAHBS floor, a show veteran walked by and struck up a conversation. As we got into it, he urged me to check out the booth on […]

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They built a bike path across the New Tappan Zee Bridge. They don’t want you to use it.

JPPartland

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 […]

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Handmade Bikes @NAHBS this weekend

JPPartland

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 […]

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If you want self-driving cars, prepare to be sacrificed

JPPartland

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 […]

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A Word From Our New Host

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WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by millions of webmasters worldwide for building their website or blog. SiteGround is proud to host this particular WordPress installation and provide users with multiple resources to facilitate […]

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New Site Under Construction

JP Partland

It’s always a mess until it’s done. Steve Martin once said, “the secret to comedy is tiMING.” So it is with writing and publishing. This work was supposed to be done weeks ago, with a […]

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The Second Edition of Tour Fever is Out and Ready for Reading

JP Partland
Tour fever cover

It’s that time of year.   You’ve got the fever.   You want more.  You need more.  Tour Fever is here to answer those questions, slake that thirst, grow that pallet so that the taste you’re […]

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Forget Mechanical Doping: The Tech Story of the 2016 Cyclocross Worlds Is Hiding in Plain Sight

JP Partland

Yes, the motorized bike found in the pits at the 2016 Cyclocross World Championships in Zolder, Belgium is a big deal.  However, it was caught during the race and it didn’t, so far as anyone […]

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Can’t Stop Disc Brakes

JP Partland
campy disc brake

Is it performance or fatalism? Road bikes are going to get disc brakes. This much has been clear for the past few years.    But there’s much to suggest the reason is fatalism, not better […]

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