Useless Reviews

I know people who raced against John Tomac, "back in the day," by which I mean people who wore race numbers while watching Tomac win a race to which they were…

Ok. Ok. My clothes dryer isn't, strictly speaking, a cycling component, BUT I think you can read the following and just substitute <mechanical derailleur of…

In 1990 Shimano brought their Shimano Pedaling Dynamics (SPD) to the world. From the full name, you would expect it to be more than a clipless pedal and a…

I hope you don't own a cone wrench, or god-forbid, a whole set of cone wrenches. That's the cyclist equivalent of having a VCR or a landline, almost charmingly…

There is an element of the product review which is a baseline question of epistemology, i.e. how can we know things? If I can't see, feel, and/or sniff a…

I am dying. Demonstrably. My heartrate is on an upward trajectory that can only end in my body's engine blowing its head gasket, but instead of white smoke…

What product on the market today holds out greater hope of usefulness than an energy drink? ENERGY!!! We all need it. We all want it. We know, just know, deep…

I have become convinced that the modern saddle is fundamentally flawed, specifically that the shape we have all become inured to is, in fact, wrong. This idea…

There it went, slipping from betwixt thumb and forefinger, glinting briefly in the basement's halogen light, and then disappearing into a realm beyond the…

I don't really want to review chocolate milk, which is a fine thing to drink. I never bought it as a recovery beverage, no matter how many triathletes told me…