On the trail with El Gato, during a MTB meetup at SXSW in the Barton Creek Greenbelt, he said I’m still smooth, but fatter, so…
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Year of the Bike at Southby
There are 8 bike-related talks and events on the SXSW Schedule this year. Cross is Coming: Cyclocross Meet Up A casual, social meet-up for Cyclocross…
Apple Watch Fulfills Prophecy, Ushers In New Era of Fitness UI
Just after I rode my bike into a parked car while trying to figure out the UI on a Garmin 810, I began to speculate…
Syntace FlatForce Stem
A couple of years ago, Germany’s Syntace introduced their FlatForce low-profile stem; I wrote about it then . Since the mid-1990s, rider preference for handlebar…
XTR M9000 Debut, Part 1
Irvine CA: Shimano today introduced new XTR M9000, its most advanced XTR mountain bike components and wheels to date. With this totally new XTR line…
Riding with Beta Brand and Dirt Baggies
V is for Visibility Where Issue 08 of our Magazine talks about a new year and new rides, like this just-arrived Foil and the Giant…
The Multi-Tool Paradox
I believe that a person cannot know himself without first understanding his limitations. I’m not good at pure mathematics, and as a consequence I have…
A Random Roubaix UPDATE
When I wrote this post on Medium, I was mad about quality control in the bike industry and now the Interwebs are fired up about…
Taiwan Excellence Finalists Include Giant, Strida
Strida in a Boardroom TAITRA (Taiwan Trade Council) announced their list of finalists for the highest honor a Taiwan-made product may receive last week, the…
Slammed Stem on Giant 29er
Swedish pro rider Emil Lindgren rides a size small Giant. Last summer he switched from the “XTC Composite” to the “XTC Advanced SL”. The difference…