Introduction When I was about 14, my dad bought himself and I matching titanium bikes. I had been getting into cycling on his 70’s era steel frame with friction shifters, and this titanium bike would now be the first proper bike of my own. It was not my last bike, we’ve gotten dozens of mostly […]
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As you probably have seen, we athletes are always trying to find the little things that can help us get that little bit of extra speed. One of the challenges we face is heat, with our bodies trying to get rid of all the heat it is generating, all while the sun is beating down
The Coolest Paint, for Better Sports Performances and More Read More »
I have been racing bikes since my early teens. Cycling is a really fun sport, but having suffered no less than three concussions crashing in criterium racing, and also having been hit twice by cars while training, I have moved away from the sport a bit. I tried triathlons, but don’t like swimming enough to
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On my latest bike build, a Trek Speed Concept, I wanted to use Shimano Dura-Ace brakes, because the levers and brakes are a bit nicer than SRAM, with SRAM AXS shifting, which I prefer for being more completely wireless. I particularly like the integrated button the Shimano shifters have. It seemed like it would be
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I can see why Columbia, particularly Medellin, is a popular travel destination. Firstly, the weather is perfect all year round. It has a tag of the City of Eternal Spring, or perhaps more likely, eternal summer given that it is mostly 70 rarely leaving the 60-80 degree range. It is lush and fertile, with ample
Columbia: Cycling and Remote Work in Medellin Read More »
Traveling with a bike is, in theory, one of the best ways to travel. Unlike bikepacking – where you carry all your stuff on your bike, here you just take your bike as part of your luggage and then go on rides like you would back home. Bikes offer most of the close-in scenery opportunity
Traveling with a Bike, and a packing list Read More »
I had a nasty crash on a TT bike a few years ago. I made the mistake of saying ‘on your left!’ to two neewbies on city bikes while I was going fast down a hill. I gave them far too much warning, plenty of time for one to swing left, one to swing right
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Aero bikes. Fat bikes. Gravel Bikes. Ebikes. Those are major new bike type trends that have affected the industry in the 2010’s. Most of these categories of bikes already existed, but then one frame design and marketing managed to overcome whatever the existing cons were, and suddenly every company had to be making and selling
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The UCI – the international cycling union, publishes a list of bike frames allowed in the World Tour – the series of races that comprise the premier event of professional road cycling. If there’s a premium mass market road bike, it’s on the list. And this list is a great way to analyze the development
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The Ribble CGR SL is a bike unfamiliar to most Americans, an English brand that has positioned themselves more on the value end of the market. ‘CGR’ stands for Cylocross, Gravel, and Road – its meant to do all three, and comes in steel, aluminum, and carbon, the last being what I have here. I
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