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Those of you who read Velodramatic regularly know I have a dark addiction to high-end cycling kit. I go one or two weeks without feeding the habit and my pedal stroke breaks down (more ankling [...]

Middle of the year and time to update the Top 10 Kit List. Rapha continues to dominate with seven of the ten positions; no surprise there. The Gilet, the rouleur of Rapha’s product lineup, is on the front of this breakaway doing the leadout for big guns like the Light Weight Jersey and Classic Softshell [...]

This weekend I photographed the Enigma Eulogy in two very different locations. The European inspired atmosphere of San Jose’s upscale Santana Row made a great early morning backdrop for the bike. Late in the day, Juli and I drove up to the horse pastures off PageMill Road, armed with camera gear and two big bags [...]

Here are the first studio shots of the completed bike. Seventy five miles and 7,000 vertical feet of road traveled are enough to declare her beauty is more than skin deep. Wearing the 1850g tied and soldered wheels from Competitive Cyclist she weighs a svelte 17lbs, cages and pedals included. Mykle Kong’s exceptional build has [...]

Build day, Friday May 23rd. I rolled into San Jose Trek at 9 am, two hours before the shop officially opened and met Tech Manager, Mykle Kong, motorcycle helmet in hand, at the door. Mechanic Joe Duffey and Owner Bill Ruffner were already in the service center getting a jump on the day’s lineup of [...]

Last week the final two components for the Enigma build arrived. I don’t know if the Deda Phazer bar takes any inspiration from Star Trek. The spelling of Phazer isn’t right, but the enlarged pods at the end of the drops bear more than a passing resemblance to the outrigger engines of the Enterprise. Whatever [...]

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Every time I open the box and peer inside it’s Christmas morning and I’m a kid again. The gloss-black Record Gruppo packaging is as pretty as any wrapping paper. Inside the mechanical jewels sparkle and gleam. I [...]

Yesterday I lost my bearings twice. We were a mile from the finish of our Sunday ride when my crankset started to self destruct. Half expecting metal shavings and sparks to accompany the horrible sounds coming from the bottom bracket, I limped home, searching for a gear and a cadence that would minimize the damage [...]

After six months of carbon bliss on the Cervelo I had to venture elsewhere on the periodic table for a suitable stablemate. Oh, the Soloist isn’t going anywhere – EVER – but I’m excited at the prospect of a titanium Eulogy from U.K.-based Enigma joining it.

Right now it’s early in the custom frame process but [...]

I planned to write about my experience with the Competitive Cyclist (CC) demo program sooner or later. The latest news out of Little Rock, where CC is based, prompted me to get to it today. It comes as no surprise to this satisfied customer that they’ve announced plans to expand the demo offering with more [...]