I've never been able to decide if choices are a gift or a curse; a lack of choices introduces simplicity…
Forget quick-release skewer, the mechanical derailleur, carbon frames, or disc wheels. Never mind clipless pedals or brake-mounted shifters. Scratch those…
Guido went to extraordinary lengths to shield young Joshua from the horrors of the war. On the way to the…
Although he was already an active community member, I began my friendship with Dan Richter in early 2012 after he…
The Skype conversation went like this: Brett: "Remember Laurent Dufaux?" Frank: "How can I forget? Twat." Brett: "What was that…
Patience has never come naturally to me - I'm more Calvin than I am Hobbes in that regard. Yet I am…
Finding The V-Locus is something of an extension of the Goldilocks Principle; bars set somewhere between Sit Up and Beg…
My first bicycle opened a new world to me, one where range was measured by will and pedal revolutions, not…
Five is an important number. Assuming nothing has gone amuck in our development or our usage of cutlery, we each…
Think back to the early days of mountain biking. A bunch of friends, getting to the top of the hill…
Flies and dogs, two things that we don't need on a climb. I had descended down this street many times,…
An ancient Velominati legend states that when the The Prophet created the common fly, he gave it a maximum air…
I suspect that whoever first put a set of downtube shifters on a bike immediately knew that while it was…
Everyone knows that the quality of one's character is measured by the size gear they can push, particularly when going…
A friend recently asked my advice for how to prepare for the longest ride he'd ever done. My approach is…
A death is a painful thing to experience. Particularly, I imagine, for the one doing the dying. For those left…
Cycling has been suffering a crisis every since the use of a helmet became compulsory. This crisis is rooted in…
There is a sense of weightlessness that accompanies speed; a strange feeling for any Earthbound creature who temporarily breaks Gravity's…