One of the more amazing experiences of being a parent, for me, has been watching when the light goes on in a kid’s—my kid’s—head. Something suddenly clicks and they grok something ...
Tag Archives: Specialized
The Master
When I learned that Mark DiNucci had designed a new tube set, one for which he had done all the CAD files, and then had designed a lug set to go with it, that this was his chance to revisit the ...
WBR Grand Slam: Last Chance to Win, and a Review of All 11 Prizes
I can’t believe it: Together, Friends of Fatty and Red Kite Prayer hit the Big Goal. We raised a million dollars for World Bicycle Relief. In fact, we’ve surpassed that goal, by four ...
Business on Top, Party on the Bottom
It doesn’t seem fitting or nice to call a shoe the mullet of footwear. Even if meant as a compliment, it would be so left-handed that a gun enthusiast friend of mine would wink and say, ...
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 ...