WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE ON EVERY BIKE RIDE
Here’s a checklist of what you need to have every bike ride, good if riding for a few hours leaving from home, driving to the start, or riding a few days.
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5 BELIEFS ABOUT CHOOSING CYCLING GEAR I’VE DROPPED
While I started with a set of beliefs about choosing cycling gear shaped by the cycling media and suppliers, here’s 5 big ones I’ve dropped and replaced.
Read more6 STORIES ABOUT BIKE REPAIR THIS WEEK
If you are like most road cycling enthusiasts, you take your cycling seriously. You want to know how your bike components work and you know when something isn’t right. This collection of recent stories takes you to the next step of setting up shop to adjust and repair your bike and will put you in positon to assemble your next
Read moreThe Ride of Your Life
It happens around this time each year but is focused on what’s happening all the time. More than ever you take to the roads, enlivening the spirits of the regulars. Some break from your normal routines to join in. For others, it brings added meaning to what you do throughout the year at home, at work or on the road.
Read moreThat Nagging Bike Fix
A couple weeks back, one of my riding buddies and I went out for a 40 miler. Dave had gotten bored of his regular route and asked if we could do something different. I hadn’t been out with him for a few weeks but knew exactly what he was talking about. So we put together pieces of things we both
Read moreWhat to think when the salesman tells you he’s a bike snob
Here’s the story of one of my more interesting trips to the local bike shop. What’s one of yours? Whenever I head into a local bike shop, I try to find a salesman I haven’t talked with before and ask what gear is moving well. His answer gives me a sense for what customers are looking for or what
Read moreCHOOSING THE BEST ALL-AROUND WHEELSET FOR THE ROAD CYCLIST
The post that appears below is an abbreviated version of the first one for I wrote for In The Know Cycling. Since then I’ve updated it for 2015 and written several others about wheelsets and tires.
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