I am a crappy roadie. I don’t shave my legs. Until very recently, I hadn’t replaced my old broken road shoes, so I’ve been doing road rides in mountain shoes. I don’t ...
Tag Archives: gravel grinder
Salvaging the Day
We had made big plans, big goals—100 miles of dirt and road split 50/50, with 10,000 feet of climbing. Lofty stuff. We had our bikes ready, our minds prepared, our pockets packed and our ...
The RKP End of Year Awards, Part II
The No One Loves Last Year’s Prom Queen Award – Bradley Wiggins. Sir Bradley has to be the fastest man on two wheels to NOT get picked by his team for races where being fast is a ...
Volagi Liscio, Part I
One of my favorite features of the bike industry is its low threshold to entry. If you want to manufacture something in the bike industry, depending on just what you want produce, the fixed costs ...
Friday Group Ride #152
I tell my kids, on the rare occasion that we pass an accident on the highway, not to crane their necks and press their small noses against the window to gawk at the mayhem. You’ll blind ...