Well, those retrogrouch renegades over at Rivendell have done it again, because their new fork redefines elegance: Pretty sure I've seen that design somewhere before, but I can't quite place it. Meanwhile, have you ever had one of those nightmares where you wake up but the world around you doesn't make any sense and you... Continue Reading →

We here at Tan Tenovo's Contrarian Font of Velocipedal Bloviation are huge supporters of ultra-mega endurance racing: And so the entire staff--that's me, Antonio the Helper Monkey (Vito's successor and third cousin), and Trek Bicycle Corporation President and CEO John Burke--would like to congratulate what's-his-name, winner of that big thing they do, who completed the... Continue Reading →

Oh, bike media. Bike media, bike media, bike media. It's HILARIOUS when an evolving futuristic technology makes a mistake like this: Yet where the hell is everyone when an entire company full of human beings makes a concerted effort to design a bike like this? Really, is it any less ridiculous? I'd take that AI... Continue Reading →

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but sometimes the beholder also has cataracts, which is the only way anybody could possibly look at this thing and like what they see: He wishes he hadn't looked at the price, but I wish I hadn't looked at the bike, because dear Lob that... Continue Reading →

Last week I mentioned that the Canadian Gravel Nationals were cancelled after the elite men's podium had already finished, and here's the story from the guy who would have been the winner: I honestly did not expect this degree of introspetion: Posting on social media, in my new role as a privateer, is a challenge.... Continue Reading →

Well, make sure you're paid up on those obsolescence insurance premiums, because here comes the future of road bikes: Now your Fred Sled will be able to warn you about everything from encroaching Hyundais to approaching hairpins: This breakthrough intelligent system architecture for road bikes is designed to see what you don’t see. Rather than... Continue Reading →

Yesterday I needed to make a trip to a large home improvement store, and the most convenient one is at the mall behind which the forbidding Trails Behind The Mall are behind. This was of course just the excuse I needed to strap a bike to the roof of THE CAR THAT I OWN and... Continue Reading →

I think we're all old enough to remember this guy, right? Sure we are. Well then you'll all get the reference when I say that in America, rider abandon race... ...but in Soviet Union Canada, race abandon you! Apparently it was too hot: Can you cancel a race after it has finished? That is the... Continue Reading →

Further to yesterday's post, in which I mentioned the Continental Divide rider who had to abandon the race due to a borken crabon bicycle, a reader noted he could have been back on the trail in minutes if only he'd been carrying a simple repair kit: https://youtube.com/shorts/A80s23lAJzY?si=BQY560dZKf0EiV8G That's pretty cool. How is every single ultra-endurance... Continue Reading →

Thank you from the bottom of my saddlebag for the heart-felt (I'm assuming) Blog-A-Versary well-wishings and for your generous contributions, in return for which you will now receive another half-assed blog post, which hardly seems fair. But life isn't fair, is it? Just ask the guy who was embarking upon the 2,700 Tour Divide race... Continue Reading →