It was a simpler time, one crank option, 53-39 rings, what was known as “standard,” although it isn’t anymore. Coupled with a narrow range cassette, you earned all your vertical ...
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Assemblage: Factor Vista
Recently, I’ve been building up a Factor Vista gravel bike for review. As I shared on a recent episode of the Paceline, I’ve been thoroughly impressed with the frame module, which is ...
Traction Without Exception: the Michelin Wild AM
After a few years of watching road tires improve by bounds, if not leaps, the advancement seems to be leveling off, save for the incremental improvements I’m seeing in tubeless road tires. ...
The Do-It-All Trainer: Minoura Kagura LST9200
The season for riding inside has arrived. Don’t anyone cheer too loudly; it’ll disturb the neighbors. But like it or not, for many of us, inside is the only place worth riding for ...
Friday Group Ride #475
It’s 2019, and sentiment is in recession. All the forces of progress are chipping away at the value of physical things as we convert long, personal letters to terse emails and frivolous ...
Fresh Face: the Ocoee Baseline
Imagine for a moment that you were a product manager for a bike company and you were charged with making a sub-$4000 road bike aimed at consumers who would never road race, but might want to do ...
Worry-Free Tubeless: Panaracer Race A EVO4
Road tubeless, despite its many devotees, is an application of technology I haven’t been much of a fan of. I’ve mentioned previously my problems with tires blowing off rims at ...
Understanding Trail
I get questions periodically about trail and what it really means in terms of a bicycle’s handling. There are a number of factors that go into determining how a bike handles and trail is ...
Friday Group Ride #466
Where have all the gear inches gone? They seem to be floating around the bike mysteriously, rearranging themselves. And as a follow on question, is the front derailleur becoming vestigial? You ...