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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…

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…

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,…

 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…