Mark V

Here’s my new Hed Stinger 9 front wheel. It’s really deep profile: 90mm! When you put your Velocity Deep-V wheel into your bike’s dropouts, does…

For some reason the past month I’ve been dealing with wheels a lot. I’ve been building a lot of custom wheels and repairing a lot…

The most beautiful bike part in my mind has always been the high-flange Dura Ace track hub. This is a painting I did a while…

Mavic, traditional purveyor of rims and wheels, has decided to enter the high performance tire market with the K10 tire to go along with the…

I like fire. I like setting fires. In high school, I used to steal chemicals from the lab so I could colour the family home’s…

When the rack of bikes is covered in cycling laundry, it’s a good sign. It means that I’m riding consistently.

Sure there are a lot of embrocation products on the market, but for years my favourite product is good ol’ Tiger Balm. It’s cheap, I…

Recently I’ve been thinking about dynamo (generator) hubs as an alternative to light systems with rechargeable batteries. Though Shimano makes several popular dyno hubs, the…

It’s odd when bicycles are classified on the city’s infrastructure as play toys so that automobiles can conveniently be driven irresponsibly. That’s what I was…

As a fan of bicycles, you’d have to be completely oblivious to not know that there’s a renaissance of sorts for steel bicycles, particularly at…