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Early Adopter? Retrogrouch?
Technology. I love it! I hate it!
I have been called a retro grouch as well as a spokehead. I have been told I have all the new stuff and that I am resistant to any new!-->!-->!-->…
TCI Friday
Nearly every bike you see in a bike shop or on a website has been spec'd by a product manager, a person who takes the frame the company produces and decides what parts should!-->…
A Useful Review – The Ocean and San All Day Shirt
A cool company that came to my attention this winter, called Ocean and San. For cyclists on the West Side of LA, that phrase is an abbreviation for the intersection of!-->!-->!-->…
TCI Friday
We ride bikes for fun. Right? Wait. Is that right? No. We ride our bikes for transportation. Yeah. OK. Can transportation also be fun though? I suppose, if done right. It's!-->…
TCI Friday
The vast majority of cycling injuries are RUIs, repetitive use injuries, things like IT Band Friction Syndrome, Handlebar Hand, and QL (quadratus lumborum) strain. Most of!-->…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – How-To Videos II
Roughly eighteen months ago I published my first Usless ReviewTM of How-To Videos. In re-reading I cringe a little, as I nearly always do when I revisit my work, but also!-->…
TCI Friday
You're kind of a weirdo, and that makes the whole thing kinda a crapshoot. You board your plane. You eat your airline snack. You watch a movie you'd meaning to see. You land,!-->…
TCI Friday
Heartbreak comes in many forms, and when my local bike shop shuttered my thumper cracked.
Living in Oregon, local takes on new meaning. My town doesn’t have a!-->!-->!-->!-->…
TCI Book Club – God Is Dead by Andy McGrath
The full title of this engaging read from Andy McGrath, longtime editor of Rouleur magazine and stalwart freelance cycling journalist for an array of other British!-->…
TCI Friday – Idaho Stop
When you spend as much time tooling around town on your bike like most of us do, well, you get bike brained.
I never really thought about a concept that much until I found!-->!-->!-->…