New Outside Column, New Tires, Same Great Taste!
It's been an exciting couple of days over here at Bike Snob Industries, LLC. Firstly, my latest Outside column just appeared on the Internet:
Once again, illustrator Taj Mihelich has done an incredible job, though for obvious reasons this one will always be my favorite:
As for the Tesla illustration, this tweet was the basis for it:
Though I didn't end up referencing it, go figure.
Anyway, as you probably know, Elon Musk is currently on a mission to end clickbait, which obviously hits me right in the pocket. Now I know how the fast food industry felt when New York City announced it wanted to ban trans fats.
In other exciting news--are you sitting down?--I put new tires on my (well, Renovo's) wooden Fred Sled!
The bike came with 23s, and especially given the wide rims on that fancy-pants crabon wheelset I'd been thinking something wider would be real improvement. Current Aerowoods will take 28s, but this one ain't current, which meant that unless I was prepared to break out the file I was pretty much limited to 25s. Of course I realize buying bike parts on the Internet is evil, but I happened to notice a sale on a certain high-end Italian racing tire in the 25c sizeway, and I couldn't resist. (Hey, now that Elon Musk wants to destroy my livelihood I have to be frugal.) So on they went:
The top tire is the 23 and the bottom one is the 25. It's tough to see the difference, but once the rear wheel's tucked in behind that tight faired seat tube (seat branch?) you get a sense of the extra volume. As for the ride quality, I can emphatically say that it it is indeed exactly two millimeters better. In particular the cornering seems to have improved a bit, but I corner as timidly as a shut-in peering down the hallway so there you go.
Finally, Peter Flax wrote an impassioned piece about why he's so upset about Chris Froome winning the Giro of Italy:
It's a strong opinion elegantly and engagingly presented, though I'm not sure I agree:
In moments like this, it is sad to have to say this out loud: The sport of cycling belongs to the fans. These are good people whose patience and passion has been tested for decades now. These are the good people who ultimately enable the business of pro cycling to exist and flourish. These who are the good people who camp out on remote mountain roads to celebrate a beautiful sport and be within an arm’s reach of their heroes for a few fleeting seconds.
And Chris Froome is shitting all over these people.
Did he though? Or did he do his job by winning a bike race?
I'd argue the latter, though generally speaking I'm not someone who operates on faith:
How long can our faith be stretched before it just snaps?
I believe that faith is like some kind of gooey film on your body: it should be sloughed off with the Loofah of Pragmatism long before it has the chance to congeal and turn brittle:
A-meh and holy luau.
Once again, illustrator Taj Mihelich has done an incredible job, though for obvious reasons this one will always be my favorite:
As for the Tesla illustration, this tweet was the basis for it:
We’re going to include some fun games as hidden Easter eggs in Tesla S, X & 3. What do you think would be most fun in a car using the center touch screen?— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 22, 2018
Though I didn't end up referencing it, go figure.
Anyway, as you probably know, Elon Musk is currently on a mission to end clickbait, which obviously hits me right in the pocket. Now I know how the fast food industry felt when New York City announced it wanted to ban trans fats.
In other exciting news--are you sitting down?--I put new tires on my (well, Renovo's) wooden Fred Sled!
The bike came with 23s, and especially given the wide rims on that fancy-pants crabon wheelset I'd been thinking something wider would be real improvement. Current Aerowoods will take 28s, but this one ain't current, which meant that unless I was prepared to break out the file I was pretty much limited to 25s. Of course I realize buying bike parts on the Internet is evil, but I happened to notice a sale on a certain high-end Italian racing tire in the 25c sizeway, and I couldn't resist. (Hey, now that Elon Musk wants to destroy my livelihood I have to be frugal.) So on they went:
The top tire is the 23 and the bottom one is the 25. It's tough to see the difference, but once the rear wheel's tucked in behind that tight faired seat tube (seat branch?) you get a sense of the extra volume. As for the ride quality, I can emphatically say that it it is indeed exactly two millimeters better. In particular the cornering seems to have improved a bit, but I corner as timidly as a shut-in peering down the hallway so there you go.
Finally, Peter Flax wrote an impassioned piece about why he's so upset about Chris Froome winning the Giro of Italy:
It's a strong opinion elegantly and engagingly presented, though I'm not sure I agree:In moments like this, it is sad to have to say this out loud: The sport of cycling belongs to the fans. These are good people whose patience and passion has been tested for decades now. These are the good people who ultimately enable the business of pro cycling to exist and flourish. These who are the good people who camp out on remote mountain roads to celebrate a beautiful sport and be within an arm’s reach of their heroes for a few fleeting seconds.
And Chris Froome is shitting all over these people.
Did he though? Or did he do his job by winning a bike race?
I'd argue the latter, though generally speaking I'm not someone who operates on faith:
How long can our faith be stretched before it just snaps?
I believe that faith is like some kind of gooey film on your body: it should be sloughed off with the Loofah of Pragmatism long before it has the chance to congeal and turn brittle:
A-meh and holy luau.
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