At the Bench: Cone Nuts
This morning (as I write this, not the morning you're reading this), as my eyelids fluttered me into consciousness, I had a flashback to the shop where I developed my…
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Paceline Podcast 255
John is just back from vacation in New Hampshire's White Mountains. He went glamping with the fam and says it was better than staying in a hotel. Patrick takes on a listener…
Fresh Fit: Coefficient RR Handlebar
Last year I reviewed Coefficient Cycling's first offering, the Wave Handlebar. It is a bar aimed, primarily, at gravel riders (though it works fine for road use), and staked…
The Angle: Fork Rake, Part II
In Part I, we looked at how fork rake is determined and how it affects the way a bike steers. That's most of what you need to know about fork rake, but not quite all of…
The Angle: Fork Rake, Part I
So far we've hit bottom bracket drop and head tube angle in the Angle. It's a good start on understanding why a particular bike handles the way it does, but as I mentioned in…
At the Bench: the Bike You Want
Selling a bike seems easy, right? Bikes are awesome and anyone we speak to needs one/another one. So working in a bike shop, where people walk in to buy one of our favorite…
Paceline Podcast 254
Just what is humidity? For a cyclist, relative humidity can make the difference between a lovely day on the bike and a session of abject suffering. But what does that number…
The Angle: Head Tube Angle
When a builder or engineer begins designing a bike, besides bottom bracket drop, one of the first dimensions of a bike they will set will be head tube angle. I've spoken with…
At the Bench: Assembling a Bike
I recently re-read Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential," which is a memoir about his time as a chef in New York. He talks about his early hubris and naivete, his…
An Open Letter to Katie Compton Fans
I know the pain you're feeling right now. I know the disappointment. I know the overwhelming conviction that she's suffering a complete miscarriage of justice. I know how you…