There’s a moment when you catch a glimpse of yourself and wonder who you are, the enormity of all you’ve done, when the sum of good and bad don’t cancel each other out. Roads taken, and those you’ve missed. Promises made and broken. The loves, the dreams… close your eyes and see the road coming [...]

Following on the heels of the race-inspired Eleven Jersey and Bibs, Panache offers a dashing alternative for those training miles. The GS Training Jersey sports a classic houndstooth pattern with sharp Panache branding front and back. Ribbed polyester/Lycra cuffs and collar gives it a retro edge without sacrificing comfort. – Available direct from Panache for [...]

You’ve got to love Dave Zabriskie’s sense of humor. From the product name to the application instructions on the attractive packaging there’s plenty to smile about. On the other hand saddle sores and perineal irritation are no laughing matter. By the time the problem has you squirming on your seat it’s too late and you [...]

Back in February my wife Juli dropped me off in a Sausolito parking for my first Rapha gentlemen’s ride. Standing there in a freshly pressed Rapha uniform with my shiny black plastic bike I felt like a kid on the first day at a new school. I watched the Continental crew spill out of their [...]

Last night I received notification through Competitive Cyclist that the Wolf SL fork on my Cervélo SLC-SL was being recalled. Though I’ve not experienced any problem with the bike or the fork, I removed the fork immediately and will be sending it off to Competitive later today per their instructions. I came across this enlightening [...]

Last Monday I spent an hour on the phone with MotionBased co-founder and Garmin Connect Product Manager, Clark Weber. Given the tone of my last two MB-related posts, it was gracious of him to make what surely had the potential to be an uncomfortable call. He was candid about competing priorities and shed some light [...]

Imagine opening your door on the way to the bike shed for the company Colnago and being assaulted by the tag team of Spindrift & Gale (which might be a great name for a law firm specializing in soaking its clients). Such is the lot of my pal Brian Palmer of washingmachinepost fame. In truth [...]

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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 [...]

My friend Brian Palmer who publishes the excellent and entertaining WashingMachinePost is well into a very thorough review of the new Garmin 705 hardware you should be reading. This morning he emailed me asking what all the MotionBased fuss was about… worried perhaps that I was headed towards the book repository with a sniper rifle. [...]

I received this today from Garmin.

Your MotionBased account status has been updated to MotionBased Lite. You may still login to MotionBased using your current username and password to access the features MotionBased Lite provides. Even though you’re limited to your 10 most recent activities with MotionBased Lite, your data will still be stored at MotionBased [...]