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Before we get into it on these shoes, I’m going to throw out some caveats, because I think it’s important not to just flog product without giving specific guidance and…

Look, don't phone judge me, ok? I am seldom more than a whisper away from hucking the thing in the hedge as I pedal along. The get-off-my-lawn brigade are going back to flip…

When I tell you that I have two kids who impinge upon my time to ride and to work on bikes, I'm not asking for pity, making excuses or announcing that I'm starting a daddy…

The metaphors abound. In one, I am the minnow, squiggling and wriggling along, minding my own business with both eyes peeled for danger. The bus is a great white shark…

Shimano North America is our site sponsor. This makes writing about their products nettlesome, because readers might reasonably think I have been compensated to say good…

I worked at Seven Cycles for nine years. My friends built this bike for me. I have undeniable biases about its supremacy as a bicycle, but much (if not absolutely all) of…

I want to be crystal clear on this from the jump. I don’t eat chamois cream. As far as I know, chamois cream is not edible, and anyway it is not sold as ride food. It’s for…

Because my riding has been somewhat erratic due to travel, my weeks of riding have been up and down in terms of the numbers of hours I’ve been on the bike. A couple of weeks…

Guys, I'm going to cut straight to the chase on this one. Chamois butter tastes terrible. It's not good on toast, a scone, an English Muffin. I wouldn't recommend it for…

I’m riding mountain and gravel bikes mostly these days, and those rides tend to be shorter than my old road rides, which often stretched 4-6 hours. I’m out now for 2 or 2-½…