is a Nigerian-born travel and adventure writer. He has covered the world from Bali to Namibia for 国产吃瓜黑料 and writes a regular column for the magazine about cycling and bike culture.
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国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Specialized Allez Comp road bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Ergon GX2 Leichtbau Carbon Grips.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Mammut 9.6 Climax Rope.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Bianchi Sempre 105 road bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Specialized S-Works Prevail Helmet.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Giro XAR Helmet.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Cannondale CAAD 10-1 Dura-Ace road bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Sidi Spider Shoes.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Trek Top Fuel 9.7 mountain bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Club Ride Go Long Jersey.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Wilier Triestina GranTurismo road bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the WTB Nano Tires.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Look 695 I-Pack road bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Shimano XTR PD-M985 Pedals.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Selle EMP Evolution Saddle.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Enve Mountain XC Carbon Wheels.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Crank Brothers Eggbeater 11 Pedals.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the CamelBak Charge 450 Pack.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Icebreaker SS Circuit Jersey.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Cielo Sportif by Chris King road bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Five Ten Hornet shoe.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Jett Raptor Shorts.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Look Keo Blade Chromoly Pedals.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the La Sportiva Python Slipper.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Black Diamond Hoodwire quickdraws.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the G-Form Bike Shoe Insoles.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Specialized S-Works Epic 29ER mountain bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Specialized S-Works MTB Shoes.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Giro Factor Shoes.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Tomac Supermatic 120 mountain bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Millet Wall 32 pack.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Castelli Body Paint Bib Shorts.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Spot Rocker SS mountain bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Giro LX LF Gloves.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Sugoi Versa Wind Jacket.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Yeti 575 Enduro mountain bike.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Michelin WildRace'R Advanced Tires.
国产吃瓜黑料 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Louis Garneau X-Lite Helmet.
The current state of bikes. With increased infrastructure funds for bike access, more flow trails, and safer cycle, now is an awesome time to invest in a new ride.
Tips and advice on what to look for and where to put your money when buying a mountain bike.
Tips and advice on what to look for and where to put your money when buying a road bike.
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Road Here’s a top-shelf road helmet masquerading behind a midlevel cost. The removable mesh interior, one-handed twist-lock adjustment, and scant weight (11.2 ounces) are the types of features normally found on models twice the price. www.rudyprojectusa.com…
Articulated sleeves don’t bunch or restrict mobility while you’re riding, making this one of the year’s most comfortable jerseys. Bummer: The Transformers-inspired graphics may not suit all tastes. www.sugoi.com…
With a buckle closure and carbon sole, these have all the features of a top-end cleat—except the staggering price tag. bike.shimano.com…
Sterling’s 70-meter, 10.1-millimeter Marathon Pro rope strikes a good balance between lightness and durability. sterlingrope.com…
Mountain Scraping the bottom of your bike budget? The Slant blends surprising performance (21 vents and the secure ErgoDial fit) with sleek good looks in a killer value. www.bellbikehelmets.com…
The ultimate summer jersey: The soft MicroSensor fabric wicked sweat well, and the mesh panels kept air circulating—even at high noon in Tucson. www.pearlizumi.com…
If you log big mileage, buy this bargain shoe. The thin carbon sole is stiff, but it never put our feet to sleep—even after six hours in the saddle. cannondale.com…
We also like Black Diamond HotWire Quickdraws. The key-lock gate on the top ‘biner won’t catch on bolt hangers, while the wire gate saves weight. bdel.com…
Mountain Benefit from trickle-down technology with the Hex. It has chunky mountain styling, a removable visor, and the same superior fit (courtesy of the Roc Loc 4 system) featured on Giro’s top-end lids. www.giro.com…
These beautifully crafted workhorse shorts are a good bet for cyclists on a budget who want plush comfort that won’t fall apart after a season or three. www.descenteathletic.com…
This cleat stays cool on the hottest days. It has all the performance features you’d expect—rigid carbon midsole, removable mud cleats—combined with an upper that’s supercooled with swaths of mesh venting. northwave.it…
Mammut’s Smart belay device provides autolocking belay action at a fraction of the price and weight of other devices. mammut.ch…
Mountain Anticipating a trip to Moab in July? The Instinct’s cooling system has gaping channels that funnel air through like a fan. www.specialized.com Bonus: The on-off mountain visor is fast and easy.
Shorts and crabs is usually a frightening combination, but not here: The cushy AirGel chamois is infused with Crabyon (made from crab shells), which has antibacterial properties. Bonus: Durable knit between the legs prevents premature wear. www.louisgarneau.com…
This no-nonsense shoe is plenty stiff, has an aggressive tread, and sports a synthetic leather upper tough enough for the roughest trails. It performs as well as some cleats twice the price. bike.shimano.com…
Pick up a couple of Petzl Attache 3D lockers, which are great utility ‘biners for anchors and slings and can also be used for attaching your belay device to your harness. petzl.com…
If the thought of spending more for a quality bike than a decent used car makes you want to take up jogging, the Dakar will keep you on two wheels. The aluminum frame is stiff and responsive, and can take a lot of abuse. (We crashed ours into both…
You get Swiss precision detailing (incredible fit, impeccable flat stitching) with a price tag to match. This bib isn’t cheap, but the full-coverage design and chamois are the most comfortable we’ve tried for long days in the saddle. www.assos.com…
With help from the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, Specialized has overhauled this shoe with a newly contoured last, orthopedic footbeds, and a foot-hugging closure. “The most comfortable cleat I’ve ever worn,” raved one tester. specialized.com…
You can cram all your climbing gear in Mountain Hardwear’s Trad pack. The alloy-reinforced framesheet gives plenty of support for a 30-some-pound load, and the full-length daisy chain makes lashing on extra gear easy. mountainhardwear.com…
As many manufacturers pare down their bikes, Ventana goes gleefully big. Bouncing into the growing 29er fray—these mountain bikes sport XXL wheels for higher clearance and better momentum than you get with their 26-inch counterparts—the El Cap is a handcrafted, dual-suspension aluminum rig that soaks up bumps like an…
The question: Do you buy a mountain bike with big travel or less weight, stable angles or lively handling? Ellsworth’s Epiphany eliminates the compromise, riding an inspired line between cross-country and downhill. You get a bike with five-plus inches of front and rear travel in a package that weighs…
1. The Virtue Two debuts a radical new suspension system (dubbed Equilink) that offers more than five inches of active travel but has none of the drawbacks—no pedal feedback, no bob, and no extra weight—that plague most long-travel systems. It’s super-plush and, amazingly, still handles like a hardtail. 2.
The Modena is the first carbon-fiber stock road bike from Titus, a company known for its formidable custom-made machines. That may sound like a come-down, but consider this: For half the cost of most naked frames in the custom line, you get a complete bike (lighter than last year’s…
Tired of the Matrix-inspired graph-ics favored by most bike-apparel companies? Get your very own maillot jaune with this boldly simple polyester jersey. twinsix.com…