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A Useful Review: Flite Deck ‘Smart Cockpit’
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!-->…
A Useful Review: the Topeak Smartgauge D2X
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!-->…
A Useful Review: Crank Bros. Cigar Plug Tool Kit
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.
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Road Tubeless: a Solution
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.
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A Useful Review – The Walz Wool Cap
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!-->…
A Useful Review – The Ibex Shak Beanie
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 Useful Review: the Allied Cycle Works Echo
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!-->…
A Useful Review: Topeak TetraFender M2
I’ve been suffering a seemingly solvable problem when mountain biking during the wetter parts of the year in Seattle. Every single fender I’ve tried that attaches to the!-->…
A Useful Review – The New Clif Blok Energy Chews
Clif has unveiled some new flavors of Clif Blok energy chews. Up until now, the chews have all featured sweet flavors, save for the salted watermelon and margarita flavors,!-->…
A Useful Review – The ODI Dread Lock and Elite Pro Lock-On Grips
Normally, a person would review one product at a time, but I'm doing two today, because I'm real clever and also because I do what I like. Day-to-day I ride two different!-->…