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It the spring of 1989 I purchased a GT Avalanche through the bike shop I worked for. It had the new 7-speed Shimano Deore group with this brand-new shifting technology called…

"They just want you to buy the new stuff." We've seen the comments in social media, heard those words on rides and back when they were still a thing, read them in letters to…

The first time I rode Shimano's Dura-Ace Di2, I had a funny reaction. As terrific as I thought it was, it struck me as not offering nearly the improvement it was destined to…

This week is the second half of Lori and Patrick's two-parter on ebikes. This week they look at "out-of-class" ebikes and some of the problems they pose as well as…

We had Erik de Brun from Redshift Sports on The Paceline a couple weeks ago, and he said they had a new product coming. Well it has dropped, or whatever the Gen Z kids are…

Long form: Life tips to get you out of hot situations … I was desperate. My assigned partial denture patient could not be any more difficult, had already delayed…

Ebikes have been in the news lately for reasons both good and bad and Patrick has been fielding gripes and advice from friends on the topic of Class 2 ebikes. Patrick and…

Charlie Cunningham was a pioneer of mountain bikes, an expert builder of illegal trails, and a modifier and tinkerer of all things. After a life of brilliance, he had a bad…

As a young person, August loomed as only decline can. The beginning of the end of summer. These were the days as a grade schooler I stayed out as possible, dreading the call…

Sometimes I like to take a break from cynicism and misanthropy and remind myself that there are genuinely good people among us. Jethro Mann was one of them. Have a nice…