May 2014

From a distance and even to the untrained observer, the drop handlebar is the giveaway that the bike is meant for the road. Arguably, this…

You know they’re working when you hear chatter Today Issue 12 drops and includes my review of the new Tarmac and Patrick’s observations about the…

Just a few bars into Stop, someone threw a shoe towards the stage and hit Perry Farrel in the face during a Jane’s Addiction concert…

Santa Cruz Twisties I just spent a few hours on one paragraph because I use this technique so instinctively, I’ve never broken it down or…

27.2 without a periscope seat tube So how does Spesh make their racing road bike compliant? The layup of course, tuning it to reduce chatter,…

Highway 1 on new Tarmacs Langster has a bike named after him, he’s a world champ, and drove a pace on Highway 1 that I…

The road rolled out behind us for the past year on some extraordinary machines and we made the most of our riding. Issue 12 drops…

A customer came into the shop yesterday with a Mavic Ksyrium SL front wheel. It’s a second generation, circa 2002-2005, the black one that first…

Rode with Matt once, at Snowbird, and he torpedoed off the trail so hard, came back up with a branch in his face. Pulling the…

Everyone wants to talk about whether the latest mountain bike drivetrains have one rather than multiple chainrings and the range of the cassettes, but not…