Useless Review

Someone once told me that when you focus on one aspect of a design, to the exclusion of all others, you end up with the engineering equivalent of a flaming…

People get all hung up about nipples, because people get all hung up about things. We all have two nipples, unless they've been removed for medical reasons. My…

The first clue is in the name. Cant. Can't. Cannot. And levers are involved. The whole contraption is a lever that cannot do what it was designed to do. Brake,…

Have you been to the bike swap, a fluorescent, niche Burning Man for the hoarders and hopeful, a flea market where no one is selling tube socks, but water…

Bike parts seem to come at a real premium these days, because supply chain <word salad>, and global economic <word salad>, and pandemic-driven…

The thing about the show "Ted Lasso" that people seem to be gliding right past is that main character Lasso's relentless kindness, patience and compassion…

This review is not a platform for toilet humor, so those of you who disdain that sub-genre need not click away. This review is about the intersection of a…

I learned cycling turn signals sitting cross-legged (what the kids these days call 'crisscross applesauce') on the floor of the school library at a bicycle…

Now that we've done this schtick a few times, maybe it's worth talking about why useless reviews need to be written. It's not because the products highlighted…

Before we talk about the flavor of this titular calorie bomb, I should warn you that there is a cult that, even today, remains devoted to the flavor and…