Cycling Apparel
Przewalski Bib Shorts Review: Long-Term Notes from the Garage Bench
A retired shop teacher's two-year notes on a budget bib short, from fit and pad to washing and the flaws that show up on long days.
A retired shop teacher on the pair he bought himself, the 80 mile day that started it, and the two flaws he still notices two years later.
A retired shop teacher's two-year notes on a budget bib short, from fit and pad to washing and the flaws that show up on long days.
Two years and about 8,000 miles in one pair, and a tailgate's worth of looking at the other. Here is which bib short earns its place, and for whom.
Ten things I noticed after two years and about 8,000 miles in Przewalski bib shorts, from a rider who came to them later than he should have.
A retired shop teacher on the pair he bought himself, the 80 mile day that started it, and the two flaws he still notices two years later.
A retired shop teacher's garage-bench routine for keeping saddle sores out of a long season, and the one piece of kit that changed the math for him.
Two pairs, two years, about 8,000 miles. What the chamois actually does on a long day, what it does on a short one, and the part of bib shorts nobody puts in the listing.
Two years and roughly 8,000 miles on a steel touring bike, mostly on the climbing roads around Prescott. Here is what changed, what did not, and who this saddle actually suits.
Two saddles, two riders, the same Prescott roads. One of them needs an evening of upkeep. The other one needs nothing, and that difference decides it for most riders past 60.
Walt Dunmore, 67, rides 50 to 70 miles twice a week out of Prescott, Arizona. Two years and roughly 8,000 miles on one saddle taught him what actually matters on a long day, and what does not.
Two years and about 8,000 miles on a saddle I bought myself, written by a rider who is 67 and does not care what the racing crowd thinks.
A retired shop teacher's bench procedure for getting the Brooks England Cambium C17 Carved set right: heel method first, then fore and aft, then tilt, then leave it alone for a week.
Two years and roughly 8,000 miles on one saddle that never needed a thing. What the Brooks England Cambium C17 does well, and the parts of it that send people back to the shop.
Two years, about 8,000 miles, and one chain broken at the roadside. What the Crankbrothers M19 actually did, and what it will not do.
Two folding multi-tools, two years of use on one of them, and a plain answer about which belongs in your seat bag.
A retired shop teacher's plain account of the folding tool that has lived in his seat bag for two years and roughly eight thousand miles.
A retired shop teacher on the folding tool that has lived in his seat bag for two years and 8,000 miles.
A retired shop teacher's bench-tested routine for the five repairs that actually happen out there, using one 175 gram folding tool.
Two years, roughly 8,000 miles, and exactly one broken chain. A plain account of what the Crankbrothers M19 does well, where it frustrates, and whether it belongs in your seat bag.
Two years, about 8,000 miles, and one gauge that finally ended the thumb-squeeze guessing game before every ride.
Two steel floor pumps, two very different habits. One lives by my bench and gets used twice a week. The other is bolted to my riding partner's wall. Here is where each one is actually better.
A mini pump is a fine thing to own and a poor thing to use every day. Here is what changes when the pump lives in the garage instead of the seat bag, written by a rider who spent three years guessing at tire pressure with his thumb.
A retired shop teacher on the floor pump that replaced a broken gauge, and the one habit that saved his hands on long rides.
A retired shop teacher's bench routine for getting tire pressure right before a 60 mile day, using a floor pump, a notebook, and four weeks of paying attention.
Two years, about 8,000 miles, and one honest complaint about a gauge that spends most of its dial on pressures I will never use.
A long-term look at the Garmin Edge 540 from a rider who bought it himself and put about 8,000 miles on it.
Two years and about 8,000 miles on the Garmin, one long friendship with a rider who runs the Wahoo. Here is where each one actually earns its spot on the bars.
Walt Dunmore, 67, on what two years and eight thousand miles with a handlebar computer actually changed about his long days around Prescott.
A retired shop teacher on why he quit paper cue sheets at 65, and what two years of buttons, small screens and climb profiles actually did for his long days.
The five-step routine a 67-year-old rider in Prescott uses to build a 60-mile route the night before, load it, read it, and finish before dark.
Two years, roughly 8,000 miles, one bad afternoon that started it. What the buttons really cost you, where ClimbPro earns its keep, and the complaint I still have at 67.
A retired shop teacher's two-year notes on a budget bib short, from fit and pad to washing and the flaws that show up on long days.
Two pairs, two years, about 8,000 miles. What the chamois actually does on a long day, what it does on a short one, and the part of bib shorts nobody puts in the listing.
Two years and roughly 8,000 miles on a steel touring bike, mostly on the climbing roads around Prescott. Here is what changed, what did not, and who this saddle actually suits.
Two years and roughly 8,000 miles on one saddle that never needed a thing. What the Brooks England Cambium C17 does well, and the parts of it that send people back to the shop.
Two years, about 8,000 miles, and one chain broken at the roadside. What the Crankbrothers M19 actually did, and what it will not do.
Two years, roughly 8,000 miles, and exactly one broken chain. A plain account of what the Crankbrothers M19 does well, where it frustrates, and whether it belongs in your seat bag.
Two years, about 8,000 miles, and one gauge that finally ended the thumb-squeeze guessing game before every ride.
Two years, about 8,000 miles, and one honest complaint about a gauge that spends most of its dial on pressures I will never use.
A long-term look at the Garmin Edge 540 from a rider who bought it himself and put about 8,000 miles on it.
Two years, roughly 8,000 miles, one bad afternoon that started it. What the buttons really cost you, where ClimbPro earns its keep, and the complaint I still have at 67.