We, and by “we” I mean the crew here at RKP and the guys I tend to ride with, have become fond of saying “28 is the new 25.” To the degree that many cyclists have moved ...
Tag Archives: Specialized
The Paceline Podcast #15
The Paceline continues to chase the road disc controversy. Padraig has some additions to his post “The Debacle.” We have reactions from manufacturers. They are in a pickle. USA ...
The Paceline Podcast #8
Stage eight of the Paceline starts in Malibu with Padraig throwing down attacks in a two-day Gran Fondo. Lance Armstrong speaks to students at the University of Colorado. We play back some of ...
The Black Eye
Among the many details reported on Femke Van den Driessche’s motor-assisted bike at the cyclocross world championships there was one that was both irrelevant and interesting. Her team bikes ...
Anachronistic
I’ve got this hangup about accuracy. I hate seeing history rewritten, or the present adjusted to conform to the past. Case in point, most cycling fans claim they not only hate Lance ...
Why Trek’s Consumer-Direct Initiative Changes Everything
The Most Important Industry Move No One Wants To Talk About It’s been just over sixty days since Trek’s bombshell announcement at the company’s August dealer event. Prefaced by the phrase “we ...
Specialized S-Works Turbo Tires
The first time a tire ever impressed me, it was a 28mm-wide Specialized Turbo. Reagan was in office. It was my first folding clincher and its improvement on my bike’s handling and rolling ...
The Allez Reboot
Specialized comes in for more criticism than any other bike company save, maybe, Trek. I’ve heard people take jabs at them for their products, needlessly pushing undesired technology, ...
The Specialized Diverge
The Off-Road Road Bike is officially a thing. I’m not sure where we crossed the threshold, but it was sometime between the first running of Paris-Roubaix and … now. I kid. The thing is, ...
The Bike-Shop-Quality Bike
I spent a number of years working retail, selling everything from records to model tanks and airplanes and, yes, my share of bicycles. During my time working for bike shops I became familiar with ...