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The chainstay is the forgotten hero of every frame. It's one of the two tubes—the other being the head tube—that no frame design ever eliminates. Engineers and frame builders…

Here's a charming little feature on the British Hill Climb Championship produced by Hunt Wheels. The British cycling tradition has this way of reducing a thing to it's most…

Black Girls Do Bike. It shouldn't be revolutionary. It shouldn't even stir comment, but it is and it does, and so, following along with our mantra that 'if you ride bikes,…

When discussing a bicycle's steering geometry and trail, there's one other number that people discuss—wheel flop. There's a fair amount of misinformation about wheel flop on…

Man, are we having fun! That's the good news. Padraig and I are bursting with ideas for TCI, more ideas than we have the time or resources to chase. This is a good problem to…

There's something mythically juicy about riding the cityscape on a bike with full suspension. It's possible we've spent entire lunches watching urban downhill runs in places…

The photo above is not what I look like. I am not a moustache-sporting hipster (too old) or an insouciant dandy (too introverted). The photo above represents my best effort…

It was the '70s and California was pregnant with ideas. Skateboarding was on the rise. Bands like the Eagles and Steely Dan were inventing yacht rock. It was, in many ways,…

When it comes to bikes and handling, after bottom bracket drop, the next most important dimension that will determine just how a bike handles is trail. What's trail you ask?…

Born just a few, short years after the end of slavery in the US, and despite obstacles at nearly every turn, Major Taylor became the first black, American superstar athlete.…