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 [...]

The on going review for the Light & Motion Solo continues, my initial thoughts you can read about here. I ride at night about once or twice a week with this Solo. The light is still doing well, keeps a charge for about 2 hours. I’ve used it on the [...]

I’ve had my Light & Motion Solo NiMH for a little over a month. The first week of owning the light I used it for a night ride and a couple commutes. The battery then had a been of a crap out which I’ll explain a bit more in a moment. [...]

Recently while reading the MTBR Bible aka the forums I saw multiple threads asking advice about multi tools. There seem to be more and more decent multi tools coming out on the market every 6 months. Crank Brothers, Park Tools, Topeak, Bontrager, Specialized, Serfas, and many more than I’m not listing.
Here are [...]

I recently ordered a little gadget called “FiberFix Spoke” from Adventure Cycling. It essentially is supposed to take place of a spoke until you can get home. As a person that does long rides on their road and mountain bike I always worry about being stuck somewhere with a broken spoke. I’m half hoping that [...]

Your enjoyment of riding a bicycle relies primarily on the position and comfort of your “contact points”: the places where your body contacts your bicycle. If you think about it, much has been done in the area of saddles, cycling shorts, shoes and pedals over the years, but the handle bar grips haven’t changed all [...]