Sausage vs. Saddlebag
To be honest, I’ve never really fallen in love with bikepacking bags. They are functional and definitely serve a specific use very well, but at the end of the day they always make me feel…
An Affordable Custom Bike?
Custom bikes are expensive. Between material and labor and long wait times, they are cost prohibitive for many people. In this video I review a relatively affordable option – the Rodriguez Phinney Ridge. While still…
Review: Bombtrack Hook ADV
Is it a mountain bike? Is it a gravel bike? In this video, I review the genre blending Bombtrack Hook Adv, a 27.5 bike with drop bars, front suspension and a dropper post. Not the…
Best and Worst Bike Industry Trends?
At the Chris King Open House we asked some of the top frame builders what they thought were currently the BEST and WORST bike industry trends. Some of their answers were surprising and all were…
Chris King Open House!
We just got back from the Chris King Open House where we filmed some truly bike nerdy videos. In this video we chat with a few of the builders and learn about their bikes. There…
Bicycle Trail Demystified
There are few things as confusing and as important as bicycle trail in bike geometry. The trail determines to a large degree how a bike will handle in the front of the bike. But what…
REVIEW: Marin Nicasio Plus
I’m going to be honest. It’s hard for me to get excited about budget bikes. There are too many compromises with components. Their geos and handling characteristics err on the side boring to appease the…
A Guide to Watercolors and Bicycling (#BikePainting)
Taking a small and compact watercolor kit on a bike ride or bike tour has become one of my favorite analog pleasures. It forces me to slow down after a long day of touring or…
Ochoco Overlander – Gear Run Down
One of the challenges of bikepacking is finding bags and gear that work on your specific bike and terrain. In this video I go over what worked and what didn’t work so well for me…
Review: SOMA Wolverine
The SOMA Wolverine in many ways has been the proto-adventure / gravel bike. A little ahead of its time that it has been forgotten in the stream of the latest and greatest. In this video,…