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What To Ask When Buying a Bike

When buying a bike you should ask questions, and be asked questions. You should never feel embarrassed to ask questions about a bike...

Schrader or Presta, What's the Deal With Valves?

In a world where nothing is standard, enter valves on bicycle tubes. Presta (french valves) are long and skinny with a nut at the top...

An Illustrated Guide to Washing Your Bike

Sweat Protection with a Sweat Net

It's that wonderful time of year every cyclist loves...shorter, colder, wet days...winter. Otherwise known as trainer season. We know...

Holiday Gift Guide

We'll be highlighting and adding different products and bikes here in the next couple of weeks, but wanted to help you out with some...

Brrrr...It's Cold. What do I wear?

How do I pick a chain lube?

Though there are many choices, lube for your bike chain really breaks down into two categories: wet and dry.

Who is Kyle Mitchell?

He's just a regular guy. A 21 year old rising senior at NC State, studying Civil Engineering. He likes to ride his bike. He's about to...

Bicycles 101

I'm a runner. I'm actually an old collegiate soccer player turned runner. I know about shoes and foam. I know about pronating and how to...