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So far we've hit bottom bracket drop and head tube angle in the Angle. It's a good start on understanding why a particular bike handles the way it does, but as I mentioned in…

It doesn't take much. Really. Two mostly round, mostly true wheels. A hop is ok. Oscillations can work, the brakes all the way out, whatever screws they have unscrewed to…

Selling a bike seems easy, right? Bikes are awesome and anyone we speak to needs one/another one. So working in a bike shop, where people walk in to buy one of our favorite…

I know it's the end of summer, but there's not much I like more than a bad idea taken to its furthest logical extreme. Say you live in a cold weather clime, but you're…

I recently re-read Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential," which is a memoir about his time as a chef in New York. He talks about his early hubris and naivete, his…

I've always liked machines, the more Rube Goldberg, the better. Part of my initial love of cycling was simply my love of the derailleur; that I could both go someplace and…

Phil Cavell is a world-renowned bike fitter who, together with co-founder Julian Wall, runs Cyclefit in Covent Garden, London. On top of tens-of-thousands of bike fits,…

We're sad to report this. The U.S. Anti-doping agency announced today (Aug. 11) that U.S. cyclocross legend Katie Compton has accepted a four-year ban for a doping…

I'm back from my first no-kid, no-editorial vacation I've had since 2008. I needed an opportunity to clear my head and give some deep thought to what we are doing here at…

Words by Korey Hopkins Fences are used to keep in or out unwanted people, animals, or other creatures. Basically, they create a boundary that you have to stay within. …