When I was in fifth grade, I got the flu the week of my birthday. I missed the party my class would have held for me and only strayed—woozily—from the couch to head to the kitchen for more orange ...
Tag Archives: SRAM Red
Semi-Random Product Update
In my efforts to (unsuccessfully) get back to my mandated editorial duties, which is to say posts in which cycling is the primary concern, I’ve flashed on a few different products I have ...
SRAM Red 2012
I’ve been riding SRAM’s new Red group since mid-May. During that time I’ve had the ability to switch between it and Dura-Ace 7900 and Campagnolo Super Record on a regular basis. ...
SRAM Red 2012 Installation
So last week I laid my hands on a SRAM 2012 Red group. To use a more colloquial phrasing, you might say that my stock has risen enough with the folks in Chicago that they were willing to provide ...
A Ride With Omega Pharma-Quickstep
Late last week I received a rather last-minute invitation from the PR machine at Specialized. They were wondering if I might be able to carve out a day to spend with Tom Boonen, Levi Leipheimer ...
First Ride: SRAM Red
SRAM’s Bill Keith discusses New Red with Slowtwitch meister Dan Empfield. Back in January I was charged with writing peloton magazine’s look at SRAM’s new Red group. To do my ...
Battle Royal: Super Record vs. Dura-Ace vs. Red
When I’m out on the bike I get a lot of questions. Mostly they revolve around whatever the newest thing I’m riding, be it bike, clothing or what-have-you. What’s interesting is that the broader, ...
Re-Thinking Travel With Bike, Part II
SRAM Apex might just be the most reliable and versatile drivetrain on the market Securing a frame I could pack and travel with easily was only half of the solution to the problem before me. I ...
Re-Thinking Travel With Bike, Part I
My Seven Cycles Axiom, retrofitted with S&S Couplers by Bilenky Cycle Works Even before I knew I’d be joining Erickson Cycle Tours for the Route des Grandes Alpes I began researching a new ...
SRAM’s New Group: Apex
Twelve years ago the Sea Otter Classic was a collection of bike races with some industry friendliness thrown in. It is an unusual event in that it embraces nearly every discipline of bike racing ...