January 2009

Well, let the upgrades begin. My Gios Feluca came stock with some crappy components. I’m still trying to get some SRAM Rival components, but these…

So a few people have asked what exactly is my souvenir bike from Japan, and here it is: a Gios Feluca mini velo. Mini velo…

UPDATED – with some of your favs The season for the Pro’s is underway. We’ve gotten a few comments asking about the news sources we…

Remember when all spokes were silver? I thought black spokes were stupid when they first came out…now I’ve got this fetish for them. Here’s a…

I’ve been running a t mtb crank and ceramic BB on my dropbar Bianchi mtb for a week and a half now. With little free…

In the past 6 months I have replaced every wheel associated with my four road bikes and my convertible road/fixie/track/travel bike. I rebuilt two sets…

A New York Times article from this week highlights some of the challenges of the bike shops these days. I recently posted a call to…

We went to Denver over the holidays and although I used to keep a bike to ride when I was working there regularly, I decided…

I’ve never been a training ride with my bros, when we’ve not stopped for a teammate to mess with their Powertap; to make sure they…

Just back from Kona and getting caught up, with more observations about traveling with a Macbook Air. As I’ve written, the computer does what it…