I have yet to write up my PBP adventure of 2023. I DNFed after Loudeac and before Brest, just under 500kms.  The main problem was with my le...

When I find equipment that works for me, I like to stick with it -- Fizik Arione saddles, Sapim CX Ray spokes, SP Dynamo hubs, Shimano mtb s...

Back in the waning years of the first decade of the first century of this millennium, a long long time ago, I got a Deuter Race rucksack for...

Earlier today I came across a video review of a Specialized S-Works Aethos 2021 road bike. It looked nice -- a sophisticated paint job, clea...

Outside Segafredo coffee in Shimokitazawa, in my rain gear! Today marks (by one friend's count) the 10th consecutive day of at least...

Over the years, I have suffered occasionally with various degrees of pain in my feet while cycling. Later on during some one day rides, I wo...

Well, a week in Portland visiting my parents.  The first trip to Portland in awhile, and the first without a bicycle in a long while. It r...

I am getting tired of doing bike maintenance and building (if I were better at it I guess I would call it "wrenching") in the cold...

I have now had a bunch of rides over the past two months wearing my new early winter garb -- the Q36.5 Long Salopette bibs and Hybrid Que l...

As regular readers know, I am a big fan of the SV-8 dynamo , having ridden my SV-8 on lots of 600km, 1000km, 1200km, many shorter and one ev...