One Season Ends and Another Begins
As alluded to in a slightly earlier posting... as in a couple of days ago, Daylight Savings Time is almost at an end. To officially mark the end of one…
Daylight Savings at an end? No problem!
Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 2:00am marks the end of Daylight Savings Time, at least in some parts of the world. Some will squawk about the clocks winding forward, throwing…
Interbike 2015: Louis Garneau Steeple XC
Louis Garneau is a real person - not just a brand - Louis has been involved with cycling all of his life. Thirteen of those years involved racing bicycles around…
Interbike 2015: Devinci Hatchet
Founded over 25 years ago in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada (north of Quebec City), Devinci is not a brand you'll typically see at your local bike shop - especially if you…
Interbike 2015: Van Dessel WTF (Whisky Tango Foxtrot)
Van Dessel Cycles was founded in 2000 by Edwin Bull, a former professional cyclist from Belgium. Nowadays Edwin is based in New Jersey, and the brand he founded is well…
Interbike 2015: Raleigh Roker, Tamland, Willard & Merit
Raleigh Bicycles have been around a very long time, originally founded in 1885 in Raleigh Street, Nottingham, England. Since that time, a lot has changed about the company; major ownership…
My Definition of a Fun Ride
Contrary to perception?, the Gravel Cyclist crew doesn't ride dirt and gravel roads one hundred percent of the time. In a perfect world we would, but like many of you,…
Ride On, Gentleman: A Gentleman’s Race Report by Bill Houston
Ride On, Gentlemen The weather on Saturday, October 10, 2015 was perfect for a bike ride from Wooster, OH to Fredericksburg. For most casual bike riders, that 14-mile trek would…
Interbike 2015: Norco Search – Carbon & Aluminum
Norco Bicycles is a brand that many of our USA readers may not be familiar with - unless you reside close to the border of the Great White North -…
Interbike 2015: Co-Motion Klatch & Divide
Founded in 1988 in Eugene, Oregon, Co-Motion Cycles is a name many associate with tandem bicycles. However, the company has a full range of single bicycles, some of which may…
Interbike 2015: Cannondale Slate
Cannondale bikes have been around a long time - originally born in 1971 in a crowded loft above a pickle factory! Cannondale were the creators of the cycling industry's first…
Interbike 2015: Moots Routt 45
Moots Bicycles, proudly handbuilt in the Rockies, have been in the business since 1981. Each of their frames is manufactured from US-made titanium tubing, with everything done by hand -…
Wandering around Waycross, Georgia
This isn't a tale of a walkabout where I (JOM) rode my bicycle, hoping to find seldom-traveled dirt roads in a town I was less than familiar with. No, this…
Interbike 2015: GT Grade – Carbon and Alumin(i)um
GT Bicycles has been around a looonnnnggggg time - 1972 is where the idea was first sparked in the brain of Gary Turner. GT - Gary Turner was a bit…