Editor’s Note: This piece first ran on The Bike Lab recently. We re-post it here for your consideration.
Recently there has been a flurry of rumors and products that might indicate that the triple ring crank may be in danger of becoming extinct. Not only on road bikes, where the move to compact cranks has been [...]

Just because winter has most of the northern fringes of our country in its icy grip doesnt mean that your off roading has to stop. Here are a few simple tips that might help you to make your own tracks in the snow.

Fat Is Where It’s At!: Sure, it would be super cool to be [...]

Today we take a look at one of the little mountain bike sayings that always brings a smile to my face: “Yard sale”. It isn’t so much the term itself, but an event connected with the term that actually was the idea behind doing this series in the first place.
The event was the [...]

When you are out riding your bicycle on a trail or across town, it pays to be “smooth”. “Smooth?”, you say. Yes….smooth! If you can’t afford to be buying the latest tough parts, or afford throwing new parts on your bike constantly, this “art of smoothness” will reap you dividends.

Smooth can mean a lot [...]

Today I will delve into the vocabulary side of these posts with a favorite of mine, “Lawn Dart”. You may be old enough to remember what a lawn dart actually is. These fun little projectiles were an outgrowth of the sport of “horse shoes” and other similar games. The reason we don’t see lawn darts [...]

Bikes : ‘08 Trek Fuel EX 5.5 & ‘09 Fuel EX 8
Tester: 23 years old; 151 lbs; “XC” dirt lover.
Where? Charlotte, NC & Pisgah, NC
This past weekend I woke at o’dark 30 and made the drive west to the mountains of Western North Carolina. There was a need to ride something with some [...]