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Yesterday, my wife and I celebrated 30 years of continuous companionship. She has, quite literally, shepherded me from my awkward and troubled late adolescence into this…

As a listener to musics both loud and chaotic, I particularly enjoy the names 45NRTH gives to its products. They're like a Norwegian black metal label, except they make…

In the financial crisis of 2008, I was lucky. I kept my job and my home and my savings. In the aftermath, my wife and I asked ourselves what small things we could do to keep…

Before I say anything else, I want you to know that I love you just as you are. I am not sure how, as a society, we go about establishing impossible standards by which we…

Look, I know this is not my thing, giving useful information, pimping products, sharing my experience sincerely, but Padraig and I discuss products (sometimes) on the…

I put things together, and I take them apart. Both processes are fraught with peril. The first, because I'm not a great put-things-togetherer, and the subsequent function and…

When Giro first introduced the Empire lace-up road shoe, I'll admit, I scoffed. There may have been a hearty guffaw as well. Not that I tend to dislike Giro products, mind…

Like WKRP in Cincinatti's Herb Tarlek with his matching white shoes and belt, a bike with a white saddle and the obligatory, complimentary bar tape says one thing, and one…

In the year plus that I've been writing RUR, I have had an array of amusing conversations with my riding friends which begin with the question, "Hey, what's dumb about…

I'm going to level with you about something: Where road tires are concerned, review criteria are mostly peripheral: Did the tire flat easily? Did the tire weigh lots? Was it…