Following up on, and in response to Ken’s most recent post, ‘Ode to the Parka‘, or something like that, I thought it’d be cool to do some looking around to see where the best cycling threads are coming from these days. Obviously, Rapha, from the UK, is going to sit at the top of my list. [...]

Fall is my favourite time of year to ride. It’s nice and cool as the leaves turn and then disappear, improving sightlines in the valley’s fast, hard-packed singletrack trails. Having the pleasure of testing a totally new to North America, 2011 Italian-made Sintesi 609 Race Disc XC bike doesn’t hurt either. I’ve ridden some nice [...]

“The Tab” is something I ran across over on VeloDramatic which both intrigued and frightened me all at the same time. I think we can all agree that generically speaking we probably all spend a slightly embarrassing amount on bikes and gear (at least to non-bike-geeks), but it’s a little intimidating seeing it all added [...]

Ho! Ho! Ho! With Christmas fast approaching, and I do mean fast, I figured it was time to start thinking about it. I don’t know what my deal was this year; maybe it was the fact we had no snow until last week, but Christmas just seems to have come out of nowhere. That said, [...]

Despite very much enjoying the prolonged absence of snow, I know it’s comin’. Since I’ve already highlighted what gear I use as the mercury drops, I thought I would give you a run down of the gear itself. Though it hasn’t gotten cold enough to fully enrobe myself in every winter item I have, I’ve [...]

If our recent experience with stage racing has taught me anything, it’s the importance of being prepared. It’s not to say that Sheldon and I weren’t prepared for regular mountain-adventure circumstances (ie. rain, sun, wind, etc.), we just weren’t prepared to have almost the worst of them shoveled to us repeatedly for several days. Warm [...]

Epic Battle #1 When I first stated looking into bib shorts I found myself generally ridiculed, both by my wife and more significantly my friends – One of which referred to my set up as a “onesie”. As I spoke to more and more cyclists however, the bib short consistently rose up as as the “pro” [...]

For the uninitiated, power meters have become increasingly popular by serious cyclist for effectively and efficiently tracking performance. They usually take the form of a swappable hub or crankset installed on your bike which transmits information to an on-bike computer. Though I’ve only used them in a very limited capacity, they’re a ridiculously great way [...]

How could I not blog this? Transparent Duct Tape?! Does it get any awesomer? Is awesomer a word? Who cares! Transparent Duct Tape deserves a word unto itself, just like it deserves title case capitalization! In all seriousness though, it looks to be some pretty rockin’ stuff. With this in our pack, quick jerry-rigs will be [...]

I’m sure that I can state with relative accuracy that both Sheldon and I love cycling. For myself, I’m not really too concerned with where I’m going, I just like being on the bike. That’s not to say that halfway through some races I haven’t wanted to throw my bike of the side of a [...]