by Eben Weiss | Jun 23, 2026 | Body Vehicles, Land Vehicles
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but sometimes the beholder also has cataracts, which is the only way anybody could possibly look at this thing and like what they see: He wishes he hadn’t looked at the price, but I wish I hadn’t looked at the bike,...
by Eben Weiss | Jan 6, 2026 | Body Vehicles, Land Vehicles
In the hours and days after a nasty bicycle crash, we run through the Hows and Whys and Whats and Wheretofores in an attempt to understand what the hell just happened to us, and how we can prevent it from happening again. Of course, just as abstinence is the best form...
by Eben Weiss | Jul 22, 2025 | Body Vehicles, Land Vehicles
Yesterday I confessed to inentionally stoking fear of a battery-powered, electronic cycling future in which steel bikes with rim brakes cease to exist. But how can I not when it’s becoming virtually impossible to find a normal road bike? And if you’re wondering what a...
by Eben Weiss | Jan 7, 2025 | Body Vehicles, Land Vehicles
The holidays aren’t all about new bikes: So what else are they about? Spending time with family? Well, sure, there’s that. But they’re also about working on the bikes you already have: Above is the 1989 Trek 1200, which I affectionately refer to as the “Normcore Bike”...
