Video: Black Girls Do Bike
Black Girls Do Bike. It shouldn't be revolutionary. It shouldn't even stir comment, but it is and it does, and so, following along with our mantra that 'if you ride bikes,…
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TCI Friday
Like any writer, I have a pile of books next to my bed. The pile shrinks and grows, a topographic map of my fragile curiosity. Currently, it contains one piece of fiction, a…
The Bikes of the 2021 Chris King Open House
Full Disclosure: I consulted on content and marketing for this event.
For the second year running, Chris King has moved their Open House event to the internet, releasing a…
A Letter from the Editors
Man, are we having fun! That's the good news. Padraig and I are bursting with ideas for TCI, more ideas than we have the time or resources to chase. This is a good problem to…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Bike Swap
Have you been to the bike swap, a fluorescent, niche Burning Man for the hoarders and hopeful, a flea market where no one is selling tube socks, but water bottles of curious…
A Movember Moment
The photo above is not what I look like. I am not a moustache-sporting hipster (too old) or an insouciant dandy (too introverted). The photo above represents my best effort…
TCI Friday
A quick note on how TCI Friday works: This is meant to be a forum for our readers to share their thoughts and experiences on their own cycling lives. What I have to say is…
Video: Klunking
It was the '70s and California was pregnant with ideas. Skateboarding was on the rise. Bands like the Eagles and Steely Dan were inventing yacht rock. It was, in many ways,…
Revolting 8 Podcast
Parasites. The guys contemplate their places in the hurl and burl of the bike industry. On the one hand, as a pair of aimless, slackers who love to ghost rides bikes into…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Night Moves
This time of year, the gaps at the beginning and end of the day are hemmed in by darkness. I plug a headlight and taillight into a USB port, and pull on an extra layer of…