May 15, 2020
  • Contact
  • Advertising
  • Commenting Guidelines
  • Body
  • Mind
  • Machine
  • Events
  • Sound
  • About
    • About Us
      • The Red Kite Prayer
      • Commenting Guidelines
      • Policies
    • Padraig
      • Notable Work
        • My Day With Ilya
        • Amnesty for Doping Cyclists

        • 2009 Astana: Magic or Mutiny?
        • Malibu: Heaven has mountains
        • Bicyclist: Bridging Up, July, 1997
    • Robot
    • Michael Hotten
    • Charles Pelkey
    • August Cole
    • Irene Bond
    • Bill McGann
    • Rick Vosper
  • Store
  • Support RKP
  • Archive
  • Paceline Podcast 198

    With the massive increase in bike sales due to shelter in place requirements, there is a lot of curiosity about how that is playing out in terms of kids bike sales, adult bike sales, ebike sales, ...

  • On Balance: Shimano GRX

    When I think about Shimano’s GRX group and the many details that differentiate it from the other groups in Shimano’s drop-bar lineup, what floats to the top of my gray matter first ...

  • The Split

    When I was in graduate school I rode for the UMASS cycling team. From 1989 to 1993 I was one of those riders who could be counted on to show up for the club meetings, many of the team rides that ...

  • Friday Group Ride #499

    2019 was not the best year in the US bike business. Combing through import and sell through numbers gives only a partial picture of what happened, but by and large it looked like this. High end ...

  • Paceline Podcast 197

    We seem to have entered a new phase of our collective shelter in place, we might call it the cranky phase, Selene says. She discusses what she’s doing to stay sane, how she views the ...

  • The Modern Throwback: David Wages

    When I consider the great many custom frame builders I’ve encountered over the nearly 30 years I’ve been writing about these artisans, there’s a short list of builders who ...

  • Suffering, Revisited

    You know what this is like, because you’ve been there, too. For me, the most crystalline memory is of Rasputitsa 2018, about two thirds of the way through. I had just rolled into the bottom ...

Latest Posts

Paceline Podcast 198

Paceline Podcast 198

With the massive increase in bike sales due to shelter in place requirements, there is a lot of curiosity about how that is playing out in terms of kids bike sales, adult bike sales, ebike sales, ...

On Balance: Shimano GRX

On Balance: Shimano GRX

When I think about Shimano’s GRX group and the many details that differentiate it from the other groups in Shimano’s drop-bar lineup, what floats to the top of my gray matter first ...

The Split

The Split

When I was in graduate school I rode for the UMASS cycling team. From 1989 to 1993 I was one of those riders who could be counted on to show up for the club meetings, many of the team rides that ...

Body »

  • Friday Group Ride #497

    Friday Group Ride #497 »

    24 April, 2020 / by Robot
  • The Lens

    The Lens »

    15 April, 2020 / by Padraig
  • The Fear Muscle

    The Fear Muscle »

    24 March, 2020 / by Padraig
  • What Next?

    What Next? »

    16 March, 2020 / by Padraig
  • Friday Group Ride #492

    Friday Group Ride #492 »

    13 March, 2020 / by Robot
  • Grace

    Grace »

    27 February, 2020 / by Padraig

Mind »

  • The Split

    The Split »

    11 May, 2020 / by Padraig
  • Suffering, Revisited

    Suffering, Revisited »

    04 May, 2020 / by Robot
  • Friday Group Ride #498

    Friday Group Ride #498 »

    01 May, 2020 / by Robot
  • Mobilizing the Bike Industry

    Mobilizing the Bike Industry »

    21 April, 2020 / by Padraig
  • What the Woods Say

    What the Woods Say »

    14 April, 2020 / by Robot
  • Friday Group Ride #494

    Friday Group Ride #494 »

    03 April, 2020 / by Robot

Machine »

  • On Balance: Shimano GRX

    On Balance: Shimano GRX »

    13 May, 2020 / by Padraig
  • The Modern Throwback: David Wages

    The Modern Throwback: David Wa »

    06 May, 2020 / by Padraig
  • Friday Group Ride #495

    Friday Group Ride #495 »

    10 April, 2020 / by Robot
  • New Information

    New Information »

    08 April, 2020 / by Padraig

Events »

  • A Pretty Darn Good Day: the Tour de Placer Roubaix

    A Pretty Darn Good Day: the To »

    10 February, 2020 / by Padraig
  • Between Two Worlds

    Between Two Worlds »

    28 October, 2019 / by Padraig
  • Levi’s GranFondo: Closing the Loop

    Levi’s GranFondo: Closin »

    21 October, 2019 / by Padraig
  • The California Coast Classic, Part III

    The California Coast Classic, »

    07 October, 2019 / by Padraig

Sound »

  • Paceline Podcast 198

    Paceline Podcast 198 »

    14 May, 2020 / by Padraig
  • Paceline Podcast 197

    Paceline Podcast 197 »

    07 May, 2020 / by Padraig
  • Paceline Podcast 196

    Paceline Podcast 196 »

    30 April, 2020 / by Padraig
  • Paceline Podcast 195

    Paceline Podcast 195 »

    23 April, 2020 / by Padraig
  • Paceline Podcast 194

    Paceline Podcast 194 »

    16 April, 2020 / by Padraig
  • Paceline Podcast 193

    Paceline Podcast 193 »

    09 April, 2020 / by Padraig

Family »

  • Friday Group Ride #496

    Friday Group Ride #496 »

    17 April, 2020 / by Robot
  • The Lesson

    The Lesson »

    31 March, 2020 / by Robot
  • Friday Group Ride #470

    Friday Group Ride #470 »

    20 September, 2019 / by Robot
  • Commuter Style: the Abus Pedelec+

    Commuter Style: the Abus Pedel »

    16 May, 2018 / by Padraig
  • Friday Group Ride #391

    Friday Group Ride #391 »

    22 December, 2017 / by Robot
  • Time in a (Water) Bottle

    Time in a (Water) Bottle »

    31 August, 2017 / by Jennifer Schofield
  • 0Fans
  • 4,724Followers
  • RSSFeedBurner

Video

  • I Ride for Her

    I Ride for Her

    / by Padraig / in Video

    It’s not our habit to post promo videos made by bike companies. I won’t go into the reasons why, but ...

  • The Pile of Superlatives

    The Pile of Superlatives

    / by Padraig / in Events, Video

    I’ve got a buddy who likes doing 24-hour mountain bike races. Solo. So when I tell you I think he’s ...

  • Cancellara on the Drop

    Cancellara on the Drop

    / by Padraig / in Video

    In the last two weeks I’ve watched this video probably a dozen times. It’s a study in technique, ...

  • Greg LeMond Fixes a Flat … Better

    Greg LeMond Fixes a Flat … Better

    / by Padraig / in Video

    Our friends at 9W Magazine have produced a flat repair response with Greg LeMond. That I didn’t see this ...

Most Popular

  • The Cervelo R3 and S3

    The Cervelo R3 and S3

    02 July, 2014 / by Padraig / in Machine
  • An Open Letter to Lance Armstrong

    An Open Letter to Lance Armstrong

    21 January, 2013 / by Padraig / in Body
  • No, Your Bike Shop Is Not Ripping You Off

    No, Your Bike Shop Is Not Ripping You Off

    02 July, 2015 / by Rick Vosper / in Mind
  • The Specialized Diverge

    The Specialized Diverge

    05 February, 2015 / by Padraig / in Machine
Copyright © 2016 · Red Kite Prayer
Powered by ironfly.