A New Alliance
With the MADE bike show in the rearview mirror, I got to thinking about how the "builder" part of the industry feels separate from the "manufacturer" part of the industry.…
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Men’s Vuelta Espana 2024 – 5 Things
The third and final Grand Tour of the men's season wrapped up in Madrid yesterday. I don't, myself, care for a stage race that ends with a time trial, but they didn't ask me.…
Video – Mad River Valley, VT
I have the sense that, if you know where you're going, just about everywhere is a great place to ride mountain bikes. This series from Pearl Izumi happens to highlight many…
Video – Some Bike Fit Basics You Can Do at Home
I know. I know. I'm like a broken record. The best bike for you isn't the lightest one, it's the one that fits best. The best bike upgrade you can gift yourself is a bike…
Analog, Fluid and Diffuse
Do tires crunch on gravel? Really? Do they grind? So little "gravel" is actual gravel. What is the sound then? This is 32 - 45mm of rubber, deformed according to its pressure…
A Useful Review – The Deity Black Label Handlebar
This review isn't entirely about this specific bar. It's about riser bars, because most bikes come stock with relatively flat bars, but most riders, in my opinion, benefit…
Revolting 141
How Heavy is Your Record Collection? You can measure it a couple ways. Raw weight. Number of Slayer albums. Quality vs. quantity. This is all really just an excuse to talk…
Video – The Bike Library
Maybe it's the latent beating of my punk rock heart, or maybe it's the sense I have that too many people say they want to share cycling with the world, but really just want…
6 Questions with Trail Builder Ken Barker of Backyard Trails
The Cycling Independent is actually a community, with the site at its nexus. Many of our contributors started as readers, and as we've gone along we've discovered just how…
A False Dichotomy
In the spring, the big news was that Trek is aiming to cut its SKUs by 40% for 2024. People inside the industry freaked out about what that means. Giant had just released…