Category: Reviews
Loving Levis
I am retailer. I sell things for a living. Among other things, I sell cycling kit for a living. I’m just sayin’. When we first started discussing the idea of ptborides.com people said, “Hey, you could do product reviews …blah, blah, blah”. On principle, I was determined that ptborides.com would not be about product promotion. [...]
Read moreStrava. Get on it.
Hey you’re a cyclist. You like the latest and greatest. You like technology. Right. If that’s the case, you have heard of Strava. Right. Strava is a little thing that is spreading like wildfire in the cycling world. Says Strava Strava lets athletes all over the world experience social fitness – sharing, comparing and competing [...]
Read moreShow and Tell
I get to see all kinds of lovely bike bits and bobs. So I thought I would share some of my favorites from this spring. Some I own, some I don’t. A couple aren’t really bikes or parts at all. Lazer Helium. Light. Well vented. Best retention system out there Giro LX Glove. Classy in [...]
Read moreSimple Pleasures #1 – Chamois Cream.
It’s ok, we are among friends here. There is no need to be shy so say it with me, “CROTCH, SADDLE-SORE, GENITALS!” And again, “CROTCH, SADDLE-SORE, GENITALS!” Now that we have that out of the way we have a couple of things to talk about, you and me. I am not shy about it any [...]
Read moreReview + Giveaway: Turbo Crank Training Software
Begin Last Wednesday, early in the morning, Kieran and I trudged through the snow (snowmagedden is what the weather network called it . . . but we are still here, not living in some weird post-snowpocalypse existence) to the indoor riding spot so we could collectively experience the TURBOCRANK indoor cycling program. Right off the [...]
Read moreBook Review: Tour de Lance.
I have resisted posting a review of this book . . . mostly because, in doing so, I am publicly admitting I read a book called Tour de Lance. I’m sure there are way worse things I could admit . . . but we’ll just limit it to my reading list confessions for the moment. [...]
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