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This is not really a review, but rather a series of observations and reports on my experience with a bike and its bits for the last year and a half. First, allow me to…

Please do not. The article should stop right here. Done. Period. No discussion desired. No discussion needed. Sadly, it is still a topic. Such a…

The tale of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes is mainly another chapter in the splintering of talent in the women's pro peloton. Where Team SD Worx was once all conquering, two…

What is wrong with the bike industry? Well first, the industry creates new standards for no reason other than to sell us new stuff. Second, the industry tells us one thing is…

By necessity, my mountain biking has changed since 1991, when I bought my first, fully rigid 26" wheeled bicycle. The adaptations have come in fits and starts. First,…

I felt the change in temperature before I noticed either the change in the intensity of the light or the shadow sliding ahead of me on the road. July heat radiated from the…

The men's Tour is over with some predictable results and some less predictable outcomes. In my preview, I predicted two of the three podium spots, although they weren't…

You know what makes ninjas so cool? They move silently up drainpipes, across rooftops, always in the shadows, before they do whatever ninja job they have planned. You think…

The Tour de France is over, and the Tour de France is about to begin. As the men wrap up in Paris, the women set off from Vannes, and all the big teams are desperate for a…

Funny how my brain works. At least it’s funny to me. Then again, most things are funny to me. Laying on my back in the middle of the road, cradling my left arm with my…