To celebrate Bicycle Quarterly’s 15th anniversary, we are looking at myths in cycling: things we used to believe, but which we’ve since found out not to be true. This week, we have a ‘d…
Source: Myth 10: Stiffer Forks Steer Better | Off The Beaten Path
When we first started talking about shock absorption and fork blades, it was commonly believed that fork blades didn’t flex significantly. Experts told us: “All the flex in a fork is in…
Source: Myth 9: Fork Blades Don’t Flex | Off The Beaten Path
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the bikeways in Spokane need to level up.
Source: Getting There: Spokane’s bike scene still has a ways to ride | The Spokesman-Review
Charlie Cunningham, innovator, pioneer frame builder, and co-founder of WTB was far ahead of his time
Source: Now THAT Was a Bike: Charlie Cunningham’s Prophetic CC Proto – Pinkbike
Three years ago, you probably had never heard of Almetyevsk, the central Russian city of 150,00 that was founded in 1953 to serve the petroleum industry. I know I hadn’t. But since then, Alme…
Source: If this Russian oil town can become a bike haven, what’s your city’s problem? – Shifter
At the tail end of last season, I did what I once thought I would never do: I bought a winter bike. For nearly a decade, I rode a crappy, 20-year-old single-speed mountain bike because, mostly, I feared riding a good bike. Winter in my city rust: salt, slush, muck and grime that eat components […]
Source: Here’s how my ‘perfect’ winter bike held up through its first (brutal) winter | Shifter
