By Steve Gluckman If I could give every man, woman & child on planet earth a bicycle I would. Used for work or play doesn’t…
June 2017
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Issue 07: Beta Testing Bikes
Feeling a bit like an alpha/beta tester in the bike industry this year. What I’d like to see happen is that they take a cue…
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Issue 07: King of the Cobbles
Cafe Roubaix By David Schloss The feeling of justice being served through the contribution of many against a larger foe? That’s what Specialized didn’t count…
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Issue 07: Boa Closure System
How Did Boa Get On All My shoes? Until a few years ago, Specialized was the only brand using Boa closure now it seems every…
Issue 07: Hell of the Great White North
Wondering why a normally legally mundane trademark issue blew up so big is partially because it’s about Roubaix, a beautiful, painful and majestic race that…
Issue 07: Santa
Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Gloom of Night By Zanne Blair I took the letter out and read over it. I chuckled out loud, what…
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Issue 07: Wish List
As a one-time exclusive and for a limited time, we accepted #bikewishlist contributions on Twitter and G+. A theme suggested by @mathowie for our 7th…
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Rapha Rides Seattle
“…there are things you don’t know yet, about where you are, you don’t know what you don’t know, and it might be better than what…
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Pivot Cycles Mach 4
During our meeting at PressCamp, I asked the founder of Pivot what the intent of his designs are, what are these bikes about Balance He…
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3T Launches Strada
First meeting at #PressCamp and @3tcycling_official blows our minds with the new Strada, Gerard Vroomen's first aero road bike in 6 years. It's a 1x.…