Clik here to view.
There's an App for That: Suspension Forks
Let me just make it clear at the beginning of this. I don't ride bikes with suspension. I know - heresy, right? The way I figure it, I'm one of the many, many people (the majority of cyclists,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will Bottom Bracket Woes Continue?
It was just over a month ago that I wrote about the T47, a new threaded bottom bracket standard designed to solve the problems associated with press-fit BB systems. I actually went so far as to express...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chuck Schmidt's '59 Mercian
Every now and then I need to take a break from retro-grouching to do some retro-admiring. Today's subject for admiration comes from Chuck Schmidt, a vintage bike enthusiast who also runs the Velo-Retro...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gizmag's Top 10 Innovations of 2015
I love Top 10 lists, especially lists like this one from Gizmag: Top 10 Cycling Innovations of 2015. Coming from tech-junkies, you can be assured that most of the "innovations" are things you can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Handmade Leather Cycling Shoes
Well, it happened. My favorite pair of riding shoes, vintage Carnac touring shoes, have given it up.Rest in peace, friends.The old Carnacs had been my go-to shoes for much of my riding, and all my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Personal Record Commuting Numbers
I just wrapped up a semester at the school where I teach, and not only is it time to wrap up grading and evaluating the performance of my students for the semester, but it's also time to review how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jaune - By Nickalas Blades
When Greg LeMond first got into bike racing, it was on a beautiful yellow 1974 Cinelli, bought for him by his father. He started racing with the bike in 1976, and went on to win 40 amateur races in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Holidays - 2015
It's Christmas Eve, and here in Akron, Ohio it is 52 degrees and sunny. Not exactly Christmas-season weather - but it's great weather for a bike ride.White Christmas? Not this year.We'll have family...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christmas Bike Ride
Unseasonable weather continues, and after all the gifts were exchanged and opened, I got out for a traditional Christmas bike ride.This was the most Christmasy-looking scene I could find on my ride in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Schwinn Duo Sport Tandem
I've mentioned once or twice on the blog that I have a tandem in my collection of bikes, but I recently got a request from a reader to write a little about it.My tandem is a 1989 Schwinn Duo Sport - a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Ultimate Commuter?
Once again, another automotive designer is showing how clueless car-centric thinkers are when it comes to bicycles and the needs of bicyclists.I saw an article on CyclingWeekly that the bike company...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Old Is Good: Shimano Deore MT60
As I'm picking out components for an upcoming project (there will be more on the project later - patience, please) I pulled out this near-mint condition Deore rear derailleur (RD-MT60, in Shimano-ese)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Old Is Good: Specialized Triple Cranks
In the mid 1970s, Mike Sinyard started Specialized Bicycle Imports, which (as the name implied) was an importer of bicycles and components - particularly from Italy at first, then later from Japan. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do Cyclists Make Better Drivers?
In the 1954 safety education film, Drive Your Bike, a group of adolescent boys learn from their coach about how thinking like a driver would help them be better, safer bicyclists -- and how being...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New is Old Again: Expanding Chainring Cranks
You know what's wrong with front derailleurs? They're light, simple, and they work. Yes, it's true that if they're badly out of adjustment, you can drop the chain when shifting. But on the whole, they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Data Glasses Again - A New Player In Town
Remember those Recon Jet goggles that are essentially a computer you wear on your face? The ones with microprocessor and sensor-loaded pods and battery packs that block peripheral vision, and a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here We Go Again: Freewheeling Cranks
Does anybody out there remember freewheeling cranks? Shimano introduced such a system in the late 1970s that they called Shimano FFS - for "Front Freewheel System." It had a freewheeling device built...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MLK: Need I Say More?
Sometimes a picture just says it all:In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Politics of Riding a Bike
On Monday, I had featured a photo of Martin Luther King Jr. on a bicycle. Until I got it in my head to search for a photo of MLK on a bike (basic Google image search, by the way), I had no idea such a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Non-Politics of Riding a Bike
On Monday I posted a photo of MLK Jr. on a bicycle. Wednesday I had some photos of presidents and world leaders on bicycles - along with some commentary on how partisan political pundits try to bring...
View Article