After two weeks of mostly road riding, this past weekend I returned to the beguiling dirt trails of suburbia: To urban and rural types alike these environs may seem tame, but make no mistake--you never know when you might have a pulse-pounding wildlife encounter: https://videopress.com/v/UmMuomqn?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true I could practically feel its hot breath and smell its... Continue Reading →

Over my 36 years of semi-professional bike blogging I've amassed tens if not dozens of loyal followers from all walks of life, from sports heroes: To scoundrels: Then there's Jeremy Vine: Frankly, I'm more worried about Jeremy than any of my other followers. I try not to look at Twitter, but every so often I... Continue Reading →

It's mid-September, and there's an autumn crispness in the air, like piercing the skin of an apple or cracking the binding on a new school textbook. Yes, this bracing sensation confirms what you already knew, which is that summer's over and you've got to start wearing pants again, which is kind of sad, but it... Continue Reading →

No matter how well something works, the bicycle industry seems determined to reinvent it. Consider the quick release, an utterly reliable component which allows you to attach and release a wheel in seconds that has now all but vanished from the performance bicycle, only to be replaced by the thru-axle...which for all practical purposes works... Continue Reading →

Good morning. We've all had a lot of laughs here over the years, but it's important to stop every now and then and consider the less fortunate among us. Consider professional cyclist Lachlan Morton, who has been forced to undertake his outré publicity stunts endurance rides on a shitty disc brake Cannondale with a stupid... Continue Reading →

Yesterday while on the South County Trailway I encountered a large group ride coming in the other direction: The ride was bunching, as large rides tend to do, and every so often I'd find myself on what felt like a collusion course with the participants as they swelled to the point that they were taking... Continue Reading →

For the past week New York has been like a windowless bathroom after a hot shower, and from a cycling perspective the best way to cope with these conditions has been to wear athletic clothing while riding a bicycle on the road: When it comes to road bikes, it can sometimes seem as though there's... Continue Reading →

I gotta say, this bike's really working for me this week: I've had it set up for my older son, and so the stem is two centimeters shorter than what I usually use. I thought of changing it back, but it turns out it feels great, most likely because I've got at least two extra... Continue Reading →

If you've ever longed to see a bunch of cheap-ass handlebars (and one not-so-cheap handlebar) versus a hydraulic press, well have I got a video for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8QxAcers4 It's a strange test that is teaches us almost nothing, and yet who doesn't want to see what happens when you push a $20 crabon bar to... Continue Reading →

Firstly, nobody asked me to do this, but I just happened to notice that Jones is having a sale: Those look like some pretty good deals to me: I don't have a favorite bike. Actually, that's not true, my favorite bike is usually the one I happen to be riding at the time. However, when... Continue Reading →