Packing slip inside a card like a wedding invitation This box and the package Rapha sent probably best explains who they are, how they’ve come…
April 2015
Scwhinn Varsity
$60.00 Scwhinn Varsity from the 70s, couple hundred on saddle, and grips. Optional rubber duck. Priceless.
How Lance Armstrong Ruined Everything
Impossibly fast up far-away French hills and there’s not enough miracle believing! Humor from Phlaimeaux
A Weekender: Trek 920
Last month, shared a story about the nostalgic, adventure trend gripping the bike industry. And with the Trek 920 in to demo, here’s a 7…
UCI Approves Disc Brakes
This week the UCI approved the use of disc brakes in trials this summer, more testing in 2016, and if the experience is satisfactory, they’ll…
Wired: S-Works McLaren Tarmac
Riding an S-Works McLaren Tarmac, photo: Bokanev As I lean into the turn, a slight mist from the Pacific Ocean beads up on the chrome-accented…
In The Shop: Litespeed Ti
Seeing this old Litespeed in a shop invoked memories, with its geometrically enhanced tubing. Ti-3Al-2.5V was borrowed from aerospace, where strength, weight, and malleability are…
Wired: 138 MPH Down a Ski Slope
While watching Paris-Roubaix this morning, also reading the story from my friends at Wired about How You Design a Bicycle to Hit 138 MPH on…
A Road It Seems You Could Ride Forever
Tulips by Ben Moses Getting your groove back on the bike, experiencing that momentum once again, and immersing yourself in the ride is the theme…
What is in Your Bag?
Reaching inside of this bag, I expected to find something illicit, illegal, or perverse, but instead I found a jug of cranberry juice. Sort of…