Homespun truths

When Keegan Swenson crossed the finish line to win the gruelling Leadville Trail 100 MTB race in a time of five hours and 45 minutes, as soon as the celebrations died down, it was his Santa Cruz Blur

Somewhere along the way, the bicycle lost its identity. The wireless-geared, internally routed, carbon fibre creations of today are barely recognisable next to their simple metal predecessors. It’s li

The Swiss rider’s adventure-focused BMC URS was readied for the rough

As if it was meant to be, I finally managed to get my hands on the parts and tools needed to upgrade the cranks and chainring on my Wild. After some flurried Googling and general expert-bothering, I w

Bob Parlee went from boats into bikes. It wasn’t a huge leap as his job remained essentially the same: composites engineer. Having made boats from carbon fibre, he decided to apply his knowledge to hi

As a cyclist appraising an unfamiliar bike, what are the first two things you do? You give the brakes a cursory squeeze, then pick it up. Weight really is the only proper performance metric that anyon