If my recent acquisition made you think, "Oh, great, now all I'm gonna read about for the next week is a tedious account of tuning up some old bike," then you're exactly right. Well, deal with it. Also, I'm doing a service to humanity, because what you may mistake for tediousness is in fact an... Continue Reading →

Yesterday I mentioned a category of bicycle we're all familiar with, yet doesn't have a name: the KITBOYMJICOCUC* bike. *[Keep In The Back Of Your Mind Just In Case Once Comes Up Cheap] I then came across this article, which contains two of my own personal KITBOYMJICOCUC bikes: It's not a bad list, though I... Continue Reading →

Cycling. What is it? Yeah yeah, I know, it's riding a bike. But what is it? Some say it's a sport, others maintain it's a form of transportation, and still others insist that it's both. But if you're actually a cyclist, you know all of these people are wrong, and that cycling is neither a... Continue Reading →

I realize this is a cycling blog, but you may be interested to learn there was a motorcycle show out in California this past weekend: I mean I'm definitely not, but maybe you are. As for me, I'm not happy about this weather: Yes, it's ideal for cycling, yes the colors are delightful, yes there... Continue Reading →

Have you ever heard of an "extremophile?" No, it's not your friend who only listens to identical-sounding black metal bands with identical-looking scratchy letter logos. An extremophile is an organism that can survive pretty much anything, like those little wormy things they thaw out of the Siberian permafrost: And yes, I know your extremophile friend... Continue Reading →

So the bad news is that unless you won the giveaway Riv-away yesterday you didn't win: But the good news is that you can still buy yourself some credits. That's called pulling yourself up by your bootstraps...or by the straps of your fine Sackville bag: [Photo: Rivendell] By the way, I don't know how many... Continue Reading →

If you read this blog regularly (or at all for that matter), you might be under the impression I'm a total Rivendell shill--and obviously you'd be right. However, nobody at Rivendell ever asks me to mention anything on this blog, which probably has far less to do with integrity than it does with self-preservation, since... Continue Reading →

Okay, look, I know I shouldn't automatically reject things just because they're new, but what are we even doing here? I'm not like a bike designer or an engineer or whatever, but there's got to be a better solution than this, right? Right...? Whatever, it's not my problem. I stopped trying to keep up with... Continue Reading →

Well it certainly looks like the Perry Ruby was not wanting for excitement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqAFZboY-aI It's also strangely comforting to see that for all the so-called "advancements" in bicycle wheel and tire technology, inopportune punctures remain an integral part of bicycle racing. For as Ben Franklin sagely observed, the only certainties in life are death and... Continue Reading →

As any Continental Army regular or John Wayne Bobbitt* will tell you, you don't want to go off half-cocked, which is is why you shouldn't buy that exciting new gravel bike you've had your eye on: *[I really do deserve a Most Dated References On The Internet Award, or "Datie"] And yes, that's Part 2... Continue Reading →