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I never thought I'd get to this place, which is my basement. Wide pine stairs lead down. Too bright LED lighting, courtesy of the hack electrician in residence. A white!-->…
An Even Dozen: Shimano Deore
Shimano has completed the overhaul of their MTB groups. Their XTR, Deore XT, SLX and Deore groups have all been upgraded to 12-speeds, use Microspline freehubs and employ a!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – End Caps
You know you have it great when something so stupid bothers you. Either that or you're stupid, which I may be, but I'll leave that to you and the comments section below.
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Robot’s Useless Reviews – Gravel
"This!" C yelled from just ahead of me on the long, loose gravel climb, "This is a sport? This?!?" Our tires zig-zagged in the chunky mess. Progress was slow. "A sport!" he!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Tyler Hamilton’s Vanishing Twin
Before I type another word I want to address a few important points about this review, useless as it is by design. First, I really loved Tyler Hamilton as a racer. The TDF he!-->…
Being Gary Fisher: an Autobiography
This is going to seem rude, but hang with me a moment: There are too damn many pro cyclist biographies. As someone who loves memoir as an art form, clunky biographies that!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – This Mid-Ride Coffee
Holy blessed Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Buddha, Lord Satan, and the Decepticons, I needed this mid-ride coffee. It's a caffeinated beverage and strictly speaking not the wisest!-->…
A Kickstarter We Dig
When I go to any of the crowdfunding platforms, I have zero clue what I'll find. I figure there's a 50 percent chance that whatever I'll find will be crazy, like!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Chamois
It is interesting to me that the one piece of "equipment" integral to the completion of any long ride gets discussed so little, that we don't talk about chamois (plural and!-->…
Turn in, Tune on, Drop off : the Ibis Ripmo
In the late 2000s, I went for a mountain bike ride with one of the brightest engineers I've known in the bike industry. I was on a hardtail 29er, still a novelty then, while!-->…