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Six Bicycle Things I’m Stoked About On A Friday – Jan 10th, ’25

Today’s SBTISAOAF is (almost) all riding-related. It’s a rare (nearly) gear-nerd-free Friday on MEATengines. It’s been…
Mid-Day Monday Musings (3)

Amongst the tens of folks who read MEATengines, there are a few who love electronic shifting…
Six Bicycle Things I’m Stoked About On A Friday – Sept 27th, ’24

I’m quickly laying out this week’s SBTISAOAF before I jump on my bike for a rare…
Six Bicycle Things I’m Stoked About On A Friday – Sept 20th, ’24

It’s Friday the 20th of September and I don’t have much of a preamble for today’s…
Six Bicycle Things I’m Stoked About On A Friday – Sept 13th, ’24

It’s Fri…satur…day September the-day-just-after-the-13th, so the perfect time to launch this week’s SBTISAOAF. I didn’t ride…
At Risk of a (Trek) BellBeating

I don’t really know where to start this product review. I mean, it’s a confession in…
“Whether You Like It, Or Not”

{GEShole Content Warning} This week Arcteryx announced the inevitable. US$4500 electrically powered pants. These Mo/Go, or…
The ‘Saved Your Life Surcharge’ (TT#17)

For a few years now, wrenching on bikes, “What is this $5 ‘saved your life surcharge’?”…
The 100% Attitude Back Guarantee (TT#15)

‘The sirens are snaking theirWay up the hillIt’s last call somewhere inThe worldThe reptiles blend in…
The Skitch Is Skitchy (*edit)

*edit: This overwrite is my second attempt at writing on this subject. Skitchy: “To take something…
Best Bike In The World, Part 2 (In The Manufacturers’ Own Words)

The text below is ~ 100% pulled from the websites of over thirty bike industry brands.…
On The (Relatively Recent) Evolution Of Golf

I don’t golf. I haven’t so much as hit a bucket of balls in two decades.…