Useless Reviews

My apologies to the squeamish, but as bike riders, I suspect we are mostly used to stuff like this. It's also worth point out that I pinged Stevil as I was…

A pannier is a hot Italian sandwich, filled with all sorts of impossible fresh ingredients, that's been pressed in a very special appliance made just for that…

Listen, if you're not a coffee drinker, I understand fully that other people's preoccupation with this bitter, hot water gets pretty tiresome. You might even…

Your long-term success as a cyclist will likely involve gaining some familiarity with tools, when, and how, to use them. Today we will consider one of the more…

A bicycle bell has a sort of Norman Rockwell vibe to it, echoes of a simpler time, when the ding-ding-ding of a paper carrier might have alerted folks that…

My pump, a Park Tools PFP-4 professional floor pump, has an analog pressure gauge mounted high, near the top of the chamber. I can't really read it anymore,…

Strictly speaking, rear suspension is when they throw your ass out of school for a few days. It's the precursor to rear expulsion, which is also the thing that…

The theatrical release, in 1994, of the film Speed marked the arrival of Sandra Bullock as a Hollywood lead actress and began Keanu Reeves' career as an action…

Yesterday, my wife and I celebrated 30 years of continuous companionship. She has, quite literally, shepherded me from my awkward and troubled late adolescence…

In the financial crisis of 2008, I was lucky. I kept my job and my home and my savings. In the aftermath, my wife and I asked ourselves what small things we…