Culture & Opinion
Pirelli’s Italian Homecoming (And the Cost of Suppleness)
Pirelli launches the Italian-made Cinturato HP-Line gravel tires. They promise speed and protection, but the split lineup raises questions about value and ride quality.
Kevin Curry
Culture & Opinion
Goro Obata and the Architecture of a Good Life
Goro Obata runs a café in Hokkaido that closes when the weather is good. A short look at "Higashikawa style" and the intentional building of a fun life.
Bikes & Frames
Titanium Lugs, Braided Carbon, and the New Boutique Standard
Baumier’s B01 combines 3D-printed titanium lugs with braided carbon tubes in a stunning, albeit expensive, display of North American manufacturing.
Tech & Data
Stacking the Deck: How to Get an Oura Ring 4 for Under $50
The Oura Ring 4 is currently 30% off for Black Friday. By stacking this with the Amex Platinum credit, the price drops to just $49. Here’s how the math works.
Gear Reviews
Sklar’s SuperSomething Goes on a Diet
The Sklar SuperSomething V2 is here with a significant 1.5lb weight reduction and updated standards like UDH, proving that modern steel bikes just keep getting better.
Bikes & Frames
Steel, Dynamos, and the Long Wait for the Vasco GT
The Tout Terrain Vasco GT 28 Select 6.3 is a steel gravel bike that solves the power problem with a stock dynamo and USB-C charging cap. Here is why it caught my eye.
Bikes & Frames
A Steel Bike That Thinks It's a Carbon Superbike
A quick look at the Colnago Steelnovo, a modern superbike that uses 3D-printed lugs to create a seamless steel frame with 35mm tire clearance and a UDH.
Components
The Super-Cockpit Goes (Slightly) Mainstream
A quick take on the new ENVE SES AR One-Piece handlebar. At $750, it moves the "super-cockpit" from a pure halo product to a mainstream premium upgrade.
Culture & Opinion
Keeping the Forged Canti Alive, 75 Pre-Orders at a Time
A quick look at the Rene Herse canti brakes, a 75g forged wonder, and why the company is turning to pre-orders to fund the next expensive batch.
Culture & Opinion
Recommended Read: How to Photograph an Active Volcano (Without Getting Vaporized)
A personal recommendation for a fascinating interview with photographer Peter Fisher on the physical and mental process of shooting Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego.
Bikes & Frames
Moots Built a Drop-Bar Mountain Bike, and You Have 3 Months to Buy It
Moots unveils the Scramble, a limited-run titanium "adventure bike" that blends gravel and MTB with a 100mm fork, 2.4" tires, and drop bars.
Bikes & Frames
Cinelli's Two Souls: The Future-Fast vs. The Forever-Steel
Cinelli launches two flagship bikes: the Aeroscoop, a sub-7kg carbon bike claimed to be faster than a Tarmac SL8, and the Speciale Corsa XCR, a more expensive handmade steel bike.