Sneak peek! New Ritchey Pedals

Although they’re not due to be released until the end of this summer, I’ve got some advance photos and info on the new Ritchey Design WCS Echelon road pedal and the Pro Paradigm mountain pedal. The WCS Echelon Pedal, MSRP $189.95, has a body made of 6061 alloy and a cromoly spindle with (adjustable) retention … Read more

Time to dust off the site and start posting again

Things are slowly settling down around me, and the year’s half over. Time to start writing again. There’s that race going on in France, and even though local weather has been topping out with temps in the 90’s, folks are hitting the trails. On a personal note, Ms. IndustryOutsider is getting a new mountain bike … Read more

Got HTML?

I need someone with better HTML and WordPress skills than me, since the site doesn’t render well in Explorer. Yeah, I don’t know why people still use Explorer, but I’m so flattered that they would take the time to not only visit my site, but write and tell me that it’s not rendering, so I’m … Read more

May 11-15 is Bike To Work Week

It can’t be called Bike Week, because for many people, that conjures up images of loud motorcycles and scantily-clad women in Florida. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But the League of American Bicyclists (a name that as a one-time expatriate, I’m not too fond of) is promoting the month of May as national … Read more

Delta 7 Sports’ Arantix Mountain Bike Carries Two Riders to Top-Five Wins at 2009 Sea Otter Classic

I love reading stuff like this. Third place in the DS on a borrowed XC bike! PAYSON, Utah – April 21, 2009 – Geoffrey Montague and Chantel Shoemaker rode the Arantix, Delta 7 Sports’ mountain bike which uses the company’s IsoTruss technology, to top-five victories in their respective 2009 Sea Otter Classic races. Montague, a … Read more