It seems like across the board here at Interbike the large trend I am seeing is color matching parts.  I’m talking hubs, stems, brakes, headsets, bolts.. its a flash back to the days that Guitar Ted will ramble on about. In the next few days I’ll post up more photos about this but for now [...]

Chris King Precision Components is launching into the 2009 season with some new tidbits of interest. First off, there is the issue of “that bottom bracket” to deal with.

The Long And Winding Road: Chris King has been working on a bottom bracket since the last century when ISIS standards were introduced. Talk swirled for [...]

With four months of riding and several hundreds of miles logged, (most off road), I am here to give my thoughts on the long term usage of the Bontrager Inform RL saddle.

Since the last update on these saddles, I have outfitted the entire stable with Inform RL’s. The saddle just plain works for me. I [...]

I’ve had the Lezyne Alloy Drive S mini pump for awhile now and here are my impressions of it so far.

This pump has been a conversation starter for one thing. With it’s update on a retro idea, it brings up some pretty cool reminiscing amongst old “greybeards” in cycling circles. But how does it [...]

When the joys of owning a lightweight wheel set go sour because you can not remove your cassette from your aluminum free hub body, it isn’t a pretty sight. Many a mechanic has “lost his/her religion” dealing with a cassette that has dug into an aluminum cassette body. Finally, short of always using a Shimano [...]

Recently the wraps came off the new technology SRAM has dubbed “Hammerschmidt”. What Hammerschmidt amounts to is the application of almost 100 year old internal gear technology in a place on your bicycle that you wouldn’t normally think of having it. Namely your crankset. The purpose is to rid the bicycle, (In this case long [...]