What is audax? Part 3
We have come to the elephant in the room, the question everyone new to audax has to ask: isn't 22.5kph only like 13mph?! Basically, isn't...
What is audax? Part 2
Don't be confused by the anglophone use of the word audax. What they mean is randonnée or sometimes brevet, but they aren't talking about...
What is audax? Part 1
This blog is part of a series explaining a rarely practiced cycling discipline: audax. We all know road cycling and mountain biking. We...
Test Ride
Sometimes you want to see how your bike, or kit, or new piece of equipment will work on an ultra long ride, maybe a several days tour....
We're showing the Tour de France at the shop, and this is why you should watch too
Let's not talk as cyclists or non-cyclists. Let's take a moment and just be spectators. And as spectators, there's nothing quite as...
Please, no blinking lights on group rides
Lights. LED, rechargeable by USB. Daytime running, blinking, pulsing, “zoom” mode, steady, and group mode. Let’s focus on the last one...
Folders
Here’s a confession: I love folding bikes. You know, the ones with the joint in the middle that fold in half and sometimes in a lot of...
I am a bullet
A Personal Account of the Texas State Time Trial Championship by Carl Eugene Stroud Thinking, yes: I am thinking. This is the beginning....
Making light of a very real Danger
There has been a conversation the last few years among cyclists, dealers, and major companies in the bicycle industry about safety. A...
D.E.R.P.S.
I've been using a new system for evaluating rides. It's called DERPS. That's an acronym (duh). Each letter stands for an aspect of the...