New loaded touring setup

I’m always thinking of ways to improve my loaded touring setup and I recently bought a new front bag from Rivendell to give me a little more space for snacks. I’ve been using the Acorn handlebar bag for a while, but I’ve found that it’s just a little bit small and Rivendell’s Brand V bag’s [...]

Wrapping up for Winter

With the first snow storm of the season fast approching Boston I thought I’d post something about keeping warm on the bike in the winter. If I had to distill this advice into a single word it would be “WOOL” and by that don’t mean the bulky itchy stuff that shrinks in the wash, but [...]

Euclid would have loved bikes.

With my new Neo Primato frame due next week I thought that I’d discuss how I chose the size 54cm and talk a little about bike fit. I’m in the enviable position of having a few bikes and so I should know what size fits me, and I do up to a point. You see [...]