Everyone's commute varies, from 40-mile epic rides to work to 10-block cruises down the bike path. As such, one's commuting bike needs vary, too, running the gamut from fast and sleek to beach cruiser. For those of us in the middle, Trek designed the Soho with commutes from 6 to 15 miles in mind, though you shouldn't necessarily rule out this bike for anything shorter or longer.
After nearly 14 years of involvement with Dirt Rag, and now Bicycle Times, yours truly is going to see if the grass is truly greener...though I'm not sure how much grass grows in the desert. As such, Dirt Rag and Bicycle Times are hiring an online editor. Here's your chance to dig in the Dirt. The details:
Online Editor
Aside from bicycles, of course, the main reason I choose to continue my futile search for fortune in the bicycle industry is because of the people I know and meet. There's no shortage of extremely smart and passionate people who are insanely interesting, individualistic personalities. Sure it's cool to be around famous athletes from time to time, but I much more deeply value the less publicly visible people that make the bicycle world go 'round.
After my tour of the Brooks saddle factory I was fortunate enough to get tours of two more factories in England. Pashley and Moulton are two of the three places in England where bicycles are actually made, the other being Brompton. Through my connections at Brooks, I was guided on to Pashley and Moulton the following day (Sorry Brompton). Let's check out Pashley...
Aside from bicycles, of course, the main reason I choose to continue my futile search for fortune in the bicycle industry is because of the people I know and meet. There's no shortage of extremely smart and passionate people who are insanely interesting, individualistic personalities. Sure it's cool to be around famous athletes from time to time, but I much more deeply value the less publicly visible people that make the bicycle world go 'round.
Nearly four years ago I tested and reviewed the SRAM Rival components for issue 127 of Dirt Rag. This first generation of SRAM road shifters gave the industry leader Shimano and old reliable Campagnolo their first real competition in that corner of the market. So after year-round commuting in sun, rain and snow, a few crashes, some off-road abuse, swapping them to a cyclocross bike, and days of sitting dirty in the basement, how have the components held up to real-life usage?
