I’ve had a lot of customers lately telling me they’re looking to buy their “last bike ever.” They’ve largely been guys and gals who’ve ridden their whole lives and are looking to drop a significant amount of money on something permanent. They don’t want the latest and greatest, they want something that’s proven and will [...]
While chatting about clothing with a customer the other day, we came to the subject of Campagnolo clothing. The customer asked me if we ever had any issues with Shimano users not wanting to wear Campagnolo clothing. The question kind of caught me off guard, because in all my years at shops I’d never been [...]
You’ve probably noticed by now that we like to repeatedly point out how important proper bike fitting is (hint: it’s so important that we include a complete fitting with every bike we sell). Instead of just leaving it at a vague “you should do it” or “it’s better,” we’ve decided to run through exactly what [...]
If you’ve been shopping for bikes, parts, or frames lately, you may have noticed that you don’t get what you used to at any given price point. For once, that’s a good thing. In the last few years, products have come out that have absolutely shattered our expectations from a performance-per-dollar standpoint. Frames have gotten [...]
Of the multitude of organized road rides put on each summer in Minnesota, there are without a doubt a few classics that shouldn’t be missed. This week’s article is about four of my favorites. We’ll run through them in chronological order, not in order of my fondness for them, just to keep it fair. Get [...]
