Citizen Rider

 Ski season has been on-and-off as the little bits of snow come and go, separated by lazy lobes of polar vortex flopping down onto New Engla...

 Blue is almost but not quite perfect. The gearing covers a little wider range than on my original Cross Check. As I’ve put more miles on, I...

 Another breathless article about the "advanced" features that some bike brand or other might be slopping over onto more and more ...

Someone I know asked someone else I know what I thought about Surly’s new electrified version of the Big Dummy, called the Big Easy . I don...

Bike componentry development reminds me of the joke about the two guys running away from a bear. One guy stops to put on his running shoes. ...

In a recent laudatory puff piece on Pinkbike , about his visit to Shimano's factory in Japan,  Richard Cunningham  used the expression ...

The stereotype of the Amish is that they opted out of any technology later than the 19th Century. The truth is more nuanced and intelligent....

The departure of winter weather has brought in the first bike repair of the season. New England has always had five seasons: spring, summe...