Recently I shared the World's Saddest Kestrel: Well, here's the World's Most Overvalued Kestrel: Our example is from 1990, towards the latter end of the 4000s production, which ended in 1992. Kitted out with Campagnolo Croce D'Aune parts, including the iconic Delta brakes. Croce D'Aune? Fuck that! C-Record or GTFO! By the way, there is much debate... Continue Reading →

Firstly, I'd like to introduce you to a new sponsor, whose banner you'll see over there in the right-hand margin, or at the bottom of the page if you're on a mobile device, or as a tattoo on your forearm if you're using that new brain implant thing: The name says it all...used Dutch bikes,... Continue Reading →

Like most bicycling enthusiasts I used to do all my "real" rides in Lycra. Recently however I've realized I can wear jeans or jorts like 90% of the time, which is the subject of this newly-published column for Outside: This weekend I got to put my money where my mouth is (or at least my... Continue Reading →

Further to yesterday's post about Plastic Vengeance, my fondness for the bike is deeply at odds with the mix of technical jargon and oenophile-esque pretense that is the crabon bicycle ethos, with which we're all familiar now, but which was first articulated in Kestrel's early catalogs: The Kestrel 4000 launched a thousand one-piece crabon bikes,... Continue Reading →

Firstly, online registration for the Discover Hudson Valley ride closes today at noon, so register today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVTA1_FAdtA See you there. Unless you're not there, in which case I won't. Secondly, human beings tend to make snap judgments based entirely on appearance. This is the basis for everything from racial prejudice to not trying new foods.... Continue Reading →

Firstly, my latest Outside column is perhaps the most profound and insightful bit of film criticism ever written: I realize this tremendously colorful and entertaining column may tempt you to watch the movie, and I strongly suggest you not yield to that temptation, because it's not good and serves only as fertile soil for bike-themed... Continue Reading →

Back in February I shared this video about foam sport-themed bicycling hats: https://youtu.be/IkyaDB3zGRM Yesterday, I received an exciting offer from a maker of cycling headgear: To be clear, I am grateful for the offer, and it is not my intention to ridicule either the person who sent this to me or the company as a... Continue Reading →

Back in January, we New Yorkers got a brand new mayoral administration, including a new and boldly-bespectacled DOT Commissioner who said they'd fortify our chronically blocked bike lanes in the first 100 days: You wouldn't know it from where I'm sitting, but they did put down some of those big concrete "jersey" barriers here and... Continue Reading →

Today is June 13th, 2022. That means it's been exactly 15 years since I started the BikeSnobNYC blog! As usual, I totally forgot it was my Blog-A-Versary, and in fact I usually miss it altogether. This time though I at least remembered prior to posting. So let's just call this an anniversary post, even though... Continue Reading →

Weather conditions were highly favorable for bicycling today: Once again I rode the Vengeance Bike; partially because I've become quite fond of it, and partially because I've been "busy" (by my standards, not those of a normal productive member of society), and sometimes you just want to be able to cover more miles in less... Continue Reading →