I’ve been commuting for years, and I’ve never felt the need to use bike mirrors. But I think cycling is about practicality, and if mirrors help make a bike commute more safe and practical, then I thought it was time to give them a try. Here are the mirrors I tested (the Amazon links below …
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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 …
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Few things in the bike world are as hot right now as e-bikes. Every manufacturer seems to be sensing that now is the time for electric bikes to finally catch hold in North America. Here’s the latest evidence: Two approaches to ebikes, from both an industry leader and an upstart, that are almost complete opposites. …
Read more “Yes, this is how weird (and how elegant) e-bikes are getting”