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Video: Klunking
The birth of mountain biking is long on photos but short on video, though it is at least recent enough to enjoy some video. The TV show Evening Magazine did a segment on…
The Angle: What the Hell Is Trail?
Take a moment to picture your favorite bike. Imagine, as well, that you have a metric tape measure in your hands. It's easy to measure the seat tube length—you run the tape…
At the Bench: Aqua Net
Mountain biking has progressed well beyond those early days of 26-inch wheels, triple chainrings and 130mm stems. Thank heaven. I sometimes joke that I'm not sure why I liked…
Video: The State of Some Art
I'm not entirely up to speed on the state of the art in street-style BMX, but I know some bike-born brilliance when I see it, and I think you'll agree that Dak Roche is…
United Drops Bike Fee
United Airlines has dropped its fee to travel with a bike. Srsly.
To even write that United Airlines has dropped an extra charge seems like fiction, not fact. Honestly,…
Video: The Iterations
I am fascinated by the evolution of the bicycle, intrigued that it took as long as it did to arrive on the scene, and then the way ideas and materials changed every part of…
At the Bench: Working for Dick’s, Part II
I'm going to make an assertion based on my experience in working retail: Any product that carries an inexpensive price tag does so because one or more corners were cut.…
At the Bench: Working for Dick’s, Part I
Yes, that apostrophe is correctly placed and no I'm not cursing. 'Cept maybe under my breath.
Non-cyclists frequently ask me why bikes cost so much. I've got a dozen…
The Fastest Girl in the Village
I saw this video over on All Hail the Black Market, where Stevil flagged it as inspiring and heart-filling. Stevil is an old softy, but he's not wrong on this one. It makes…
A Kickstarter We LOVE: Digit Bikes
There's a paradigm-changing bike on Kickstarter right now. It's a brilliant re-imagining of how an engineer can increase air volume in rear suspension and make a suspension…