Mere words cannot convey the many delights of cycling in and around New York City. Even when supplemented by photographs, any attempts to convey the wondrous nature of these environs as experienced via bicycle falls short, like a crumpled-up Post-it® Note [NYSE: MMM181.53 USD −0.025 (0.014%)

Wow, so this is it, mechanical road shifting is basically over: Shimano’s recent launch of its next-generation Dura-Ace Di2 R9200 and Ultegra Di2 R8100 electronic road groupsets was bundled with a rather unexpected and especially bitter pill: the news that the much-beloved Ultegra mechanical was

In my capacity as a semi-professional bike blogger I recently received an invitation on behalf of [REDACTED] to a media event for their new [REDACTED], which I can’t share with you yet because it’s under embargo and I signed papers acknowledging that if I do so I’ll be imprisoned or killed.

*** UPDATE: Whaddya know, Outside just published my latest column: TLDR; this city is a hole. *** Well, the end summer is nigh, which means it’s time for my vacation–since I work so damn hard and all: Therefore, you can expect to see very little of me in the next two weeks, though I

Since the beginning of recorded history, humankind has pondered the eternal question: What is gravel? Great thinkers have put forth compelling answers over the centuries and millennia. Plato said the gravel around us is merely a reflection of a higher truth. Maimonides wrote that gravel is