Examen: HandUp Gloves "Best for grabbing bars and beers." The tagline emblazoned on the palms of HandUp Gloves resonates the ideals many cyclists approve of. Yet even more important is the fact that in a day and age where gloves are reaching towards the $40 retail mark, the list price of $25 for these should make it a no brainer on value. But doesn't cheap equate to cheap? Non. The advantage of HandUp Gloves is that they are designed to be … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
A Sunday in Hell
As I arrived to my login for the day, I was greeted with the following poignant insight from a fellow journeyman mechanic: "When I was having a shitty time at the bench, kind of being overrun by minor gripes &/ gangrenous management, I would watch the bit at the beginning of Sunday in Hell where the Sanson mechanic is cleaning the Benotto, or Bottecchia. It would remind me of how the basics serve to reinforce and inform and make way for … [Read more...]
Arizona Early Season, 2015
Two days of racing are in the books. Yes, that is right. Late January, and the season starts to swing in AZ. We are seeing formative goods in this early season. Special thanks to Chad Beyer for having a good time on our dime. Here's how it went down in Yuma, sans wattage reporttage. Well, I didn't know what to expect from myself at the crits this weekend. I've been training without power, so I didn't really know where my fitness was. I didn't … [Read more...]
Choose The Latter
Country roads were consumed. Canvas pants and denim vest took the place of less organic/more efficient sport garments. Skids were executed needlessly. Cheeks were cold, things were bunny hopped. Winter component modifications were tested and evaluated. Sweat was produced, but muscles never loosened. It was less an act of folly than one of insistence. Nonetheless, i'm still trying to evaluate whether or not the value was positive or negative. … [Read more...]