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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 [...]

Over on The Bike Lab we are doing a series called “Budget Build” where we are building up a bike from scratch using a tight budget with which to get our parts with. This led me to explore the way of Blue Collar mountain biker and “Take Off” parts.
“Take Offs” are the parts that often [...]

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 [...]

It’s funny, but all my life I always thought the weird guys were the ones that wore lycra. I mean, I grew up cycling in Chuck Taylor’s and Tough Skins, ya know? When I found out that “real cycling guys” wear this synthetic, stick to your skin outfit, I cringed. It just didn’t seem right. [...]

Today we look at the term “suspension corrected”, which in my mind brings up the obvious question: “If there is “suspension corrected” geometry, then why don’t we have rigid incorrect?” Oh well……My mind works a bit differntly than some, I guess!
This is a term that has been very commonly used, fallen out of the [...]