It's "Bike To Work" season once again, and while the idea of riding a bicycle is confusing and frightening to most people, fortunately there's local news to ease them into the concept: It's a good thing they explained that riding a bike to work is more than just cycling around town, because too many potential... Continue Reading →

Okay, that's it, I quit bikes: So it's like a gravel bike, but it's a road bike? Yet it's "designed for all-day rides on any surface," so exactly a gravel bike? Actually, that's not entirely true. It's for "roads that kinda disintegrate into dirt:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkyEXVT30jY It's about time someone made a dedicated Roads That Kinda... Continue Reading →

As you may recall, I was having some issues with the frontal shiftitude of my new testcycle: My initial diagnosis was insufficient cable housing length. However, it turns out this is merely a secondary issue, and further testing has revealed the primary culprit to be the rear shock, which is leaking air: While I generally... Continue Reading →

Generally speaking, I don't go in for the whole "The world is falling apart and humanity is doomed" thing. Life is an ugly business, it's human nature to be afraid, and the sense that we've somehow fallen from grace and are being cosmically punished from our misdeeds is so deeply ingrained in us that it's... Continue Reading →

Cycling is not wanting for characters, and one of the more entertaining is John Burke, CEO of Trek, who is our dorky little world's answer to the high-powered "Walk with me, talk with me" corporate archetype: Unfortunately, like much of the bike industry, Trek is having its share of financial trouble, but Burke wants you... Continue Reading →

As is customary here on Tan Tenovo's Internet Bicycle-Themed Complainatorium, when a new Rivendell presale is upon us, I let you know, even though Rivendell never ask me to let you know. So this is me letting you know about this one: Look, I don't care if you buy one or not. What you do... Continue Reading →

Further to yesterday's post, in which I mentioned Specialized, here's a recent promotional video for their Levo line of e-bikes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzXoHpX8vKw Mushroom mogul Paul Stamets is a famous mycologist, which is the technical term for what is more commonly called a "fungus Fred." He's self-taught and has a boundless enthusiasm for mushrooms, which he views... Continue Reading →

All this talk about bicycle forks is fine, but sometimes you've got to stop forking around and go ride: There was a time when a bike like this might have been considered extravagant: But now even an off-the-shelf plastic race bike starts at over six thousand American Fun Tickets™: Wasn't Kaius that band with the... Continue Reading →

Prior to the arrival of the latest Classic Cycle Testcycle (CCT), I'd been spending a lot of time on my recent gratuitous used bicycle purchase: This is partly because the most recent acquisition generally gets the most attention, and partly because it's a fun and fast bike, and easy to keep handy for when I... Continue Reading →

Yesterday I showed you my new testcycle: And no sooner had I done so than I clipped in and scampered off to that most formidable of proving grounds, the forbidding Trails Behind The Mall: [The beguiling mall behind which the forbidding Trails Behind The Mall are behind. Photo not by me. The REI is long... Continue Reading →