Hey, take a look at that, you may pre-order an Appaloochy!
I’ve to say, they could mission a folksy picture over at Rivendell, however it’s sort of insidious how each certainly one of their bikes is nearly as good as the opposite within the sense that they’re all equally versatile, and but they’re simply totally different sufficient that you simply need to have all of them.
Diabolical.
By the best way, I’ll remind you as standard that Rivendell didn’t ask me to say this presale. Additionally, they didn’t ask me to say they’re going to be on the Philly Bike Expo this weekend:
For that matter, the Philly Bike Expo didn’t ask me to say that the Philly Bike Expo is that this weekend both. However I’m anyway, as a result of my very own reminiscences of the Philly Bike Expo are bittersweet. Principally they’re candy, as a result of they used to ask me right down to do little talks, and I’m proud to say I even spoke on the very first Expo again in 2010, when it was nonetheless within the armory:
Sadly, the bitter half occurred in 2017, after they invited me to talk on the “Trade Occasion:”
I discovered one thing crucial that day, which is that if you give a chat and folks come to your discuss they need to hear you communicate, however when individuals are having a celebration and also you come to their occasion and also you attempt to communicate at their occasion, you’re mainly simply an asshole.
It was one of many extra humbling experiences of my life, however I don’t remorse it, as a result of it’s the type of factor that builds character. Hey, if you happen to don’t really feel like an asshole each on occasion are you even making an attempt? Positive, they haven’t invited me again since, however I had a very good run. I even gave away my outdated crabon Tramac one yr as a prize after I carried out a real-life quiz:
Ah, reminiscences…
Anyway, to be sincere, I’m more than pleased to remain put and trip, particularly now that indicators of spring are rising:
I don’t assume I’ve ever been as excited to see issues rising out of the bottom–or to trip a comparatively boring bike path for that matter:
That is the trail that begins proper out my again door, crosses into Westchester County, and takes me straight to all the great roads and trails north of the town with out having to cope with any motorized vehicle visitors alongside the best way. How many individuals who dwell in New York Metropolis can say that? (Nicely, in all probability at the least 100,000, which is roughly the quantity of people that dwell within the instant neighborhood of this path.) Nonetheless, the county doesn’t clear this path, in order quickly because it snows it goes offline and that’s that till the thaw. This implies I’ve bought to trip by way of downtown Yonkers as a substitute, and whereas that’s superb it’s not precisely inspiring. I imply you’d somewhat trip on the trail above than behind this, proper?
Positive you’d. It’s just like the distinction between needing to make use of a shared rest room down the corridor or having your very personal en suite salle de bain. Easy accessibility to good using is the principle cause I dwell the place I do, and so it feels excellent to lastly have my path again…even when issues do generally get a bit of bizarre there:
The opposite path upon which I rely closely is the Previous Croton Aqueduct, which is instantly adjoining, and reconnaissance signifies we’re properly on the best way to full rideability:
Sure, we did get a bit of snow once more yesterday, however I’m selecting to imagine that it’s merely a useless cat bounce and that the underside has formally fallen out of winter.
By the best way, one or two of you lamented my alternative of tire for this bike. Hey, if the bike’s spending numerous time on the highway, why not use highway tires? And what, you don’t assume I’ve knobby tires for it? Oh, I’ve bought knobby tires for all of it proper:
Put that in your shoulder and portage it.
In the meantime, in professional biking information, individuals are very enthusiastic about Jonas Vingegaard’s tights:
Which had been customized curated by a teammate who David Lee Rothified them by slicing out the crotch:
The now viral extra-long tights, Visma revealed later, had been worn over one other base pair of bib tights, their chamois surgically eliminated and waist reduce by Vingegaard’s teammate Victor Campenaerts, to make sure the workforce chief wasn’t floating a number of centimetres above his saddle.
The plan was to have them ripped off by two teammates later within the stage, so Vingegaard might take away the remainder of the tights as in the event that they had been a pair of legwarmers. However the chaos inflicted within the crosswinds meant that chance by no means arose, spawning arguably essentially the most iconic second of the 2026 season to this point.
In different phrases, the thought was to do that:
Hey, Vingegaard appears fairly good, however he’s no Bret:
Don’t know who Bret is? Simply ask the AI!
Ooh, a “satirical archetype!” I like that.
I additionally look ahead to the brand new line of crotchless biking gear, coming quickly from Pas Regular Studios.
