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, ...
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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 ...
InterBike ’14: Kale Is so Over
Brussels Sprouts are where it’s at. The former statement I overheard at InterBike last year. I think the latter was uttered by the same person. I didn’t see it as an indictment of ...
Specialized S-Works Evade Helmet
Aero product marketing has a tendency to focus on savings, as in, you’ll save X watts. In theory, it makes sense. In actual practice, the only people I know who save energy are those with ...
Specialized Unveils the New Tarmac
Consumerism is one of the realities of modern American life that gives me a rash. Buying something just because it’s new or because some cool person has it has never held any sway over me. ...
Sea Otter Classic, ’14, Part III
For all the wide cycling shoes on the market, almost no one ever sends them to me to review. Despite the logic behind sending a shoe that fits someone’s foot, I ordinarily receive my size ...
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 ...
Specialized S-Works Roubaix SL4, Part II
For Part I, click here. Evaluating road feel In the past year I’ve ridden roughly a dozen different bikes for 50 miles or more—enough to get pretty familiar with them. Of those bikes (some ...
Specialized S-Works Roubaix SL4, Part I
I’m going to be candid. I think it’s fair to say that categorically the head tubes on race-oriented road bikes are too short. To be clear, I’m referring to the bikes that the ...