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Valves for bike tires come in exactly two flavors: Presta and Schrader. It's binary, either/or, and both types have strengths and weaknesses. That is, until now. Clik Valve…

Shimano's Ultegra group was the first component group I ever lusted after. As a newly minted cyclist (not biker!), coveting Dura-Ace felt foolhardy, like trying to date…

 I’ve long ridden with cycling caps under my helmet, especially in bad weather. I learned many years ago that when riding in rain eyewear tended to cause more problems than…

Warning consumers about a bad product is a vanishingly rare mandate for anyone writing about cycling. When I first began reviewing bikes and bike products, I did encounter…

The advent of tubeless tires has allowed us to run tire pressures I was unable to contemplate, let alone willingly try, 20 years ago. If I was on one of my road bikes, I…

I’ve got a couple of devices for installing tubeless plugs, but one of my favorites is the Cigar Tool Plug Kit and CO2 Head from Crank Bros.  The kit comes with a knurled…

I suspect many people who have any experience with road tubeless have concluded that term is an oxymoron, like postal service or jumbo shrimp, and I can’t blame them.  A…

It’s that time of year when you might want something more than a helmet on your head. I tend to wear a cycling cap under a road helmet, and I’m not sure if that’s because I…

As it’s getting colder here in New England, I’m pulling out and dusting off my go-to winter riding stuff, which mostly starts with hats and gloves, since the first things to…

A gravel bike is not a road bike with wider tires. At first, that's how many were conceived, but the gravel bikes that caught on and began influencing other designs came with…