Tubeless or Not

First official Senior’s road ride of the season yours truly flipped a piece of glass into the sidewall ruining a relatively new cross tire and cutting the tube to an extent that the sealant failed. The tire boot worked well enough, but the cut was noticeable, slightly...

Knees Pedals

Bill Pollock pollockb@aol.com sent us an article from the LA TIMES http://latimes.com about new pedal technology from http://nikolainnovation.com It may help to review how the knee joint works in cycling, which tells us there is a slight rotation between the tibia and...

Bear

Had to share this little flash back with you. This rider is not me. However; this same exciting adventure happened to me one Sunday when I worked at the University of Idaho, Moscow. In my case I was on a Moscow Mountain trail. My bike, Black Schwinn Paramount 26 inch...

Anatomy Awareness

Anatomy awareness How comfortable are you on your bicycle during a twenty mile ride, forty miles, sixty miles, century? What does tensional integrity have in common between Buckminster Fuller, a bicycle wheel, and one’s anatomy? How does saddle height range change...

Einsteinian Wobble

We could be riding in this. New York snow does not melt in one day like Santa Fe snow. Our friend Sandy, President of Cambridge Valley Cycling, sent the following experience with his classic steel bicycle, as he is thinking about a re-furbish project. With our season...