Author Archives: Kevin Rouse
Video | Endure: Ballet in the Mud
Ballet in the Mud, features selected photos from a new book to be published in November 2013 by the Wisconsin Bike Fed. The book features more than 300 photographs taken by four Wisconsin-based photographers—Peter DiAntoni, Darren Hauck, Jeffrey Phelps and … Continue reading
Meet the Fall Issue of Paved
Just in case you’re not already in the know, the Fall 2013 issue of Paved is now in bike shops, on traditional newsstands and available for download on iTunes and Zinio. Chock full of cycling, the Fall issue contains some … Continue reading
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Spotlight | Paul Components Gino Light Mount
PAUL Components Gino Light Mount $24 / paulcomp.com Chico, California-based PAUL components has quite the knack for dreaming up simple products that just plain work. Simple solutions for complex problems is the name of the game, and the Gino light … Continue reading
Video | Bespoke Balance Bike
In this little movie for your Monday, watch as Portus Cycles transforms a bit of Reynolds 725 steel tubing and some super swanky carbon bits into the most bling-tastic balance bike we’ve seen. For the toddler that is simply above … Continue reading
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Dear UCI Delegates, Sincerely Greg LeMond
As you may have heard, British Cycling Federation president Brian Cookson has ousted sitting UCI President Pat McQuaid—a result that surely has a resurgent Greg LeMond in good spirits. Fresh off of the successful launch of his new bike line … Continue reading
Farewell Interbike
Interbike, Interbike, you’ve bested us again. You’re a celebration, a party—overflowing with men. Sure, bikes are the focus, but then again, there’s plenty of booze, So soon you had us stumbling amongst the industry’s who’s whos.
Spotlight | The Ringer
Bike, helmet, flat repair, food, lights, extra layers—those were about all I thought I could possibly require (save for a bit of hooch in case the mercury looked like it was going take a plunge) before heading out on a … Continue reading
Rapha Announces Bordeaux-Paris 2013 Challenge Auction
Interested in a chance at Mark Cavendish’s World Championship jersey? No? Well, then how about Ryder Hesjedal’s 2012 Maglia Rosa—or Andy Hampsten’s white jersey from the 1986 Tour de France (complete with the foie gras stain sustained during a food … Continue reading
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Video | Challenge Les Alpes Part Two
Yesterday’s Theater Thursday featured Michael Cotty’s atttack on the major climbs of the Alpes—in a single 600-plus kilometer ride. Well, as luck would have it, here’s Part II.
Spotlight | Ruckus Composites C.A.T.
Whoever said boredom never led to anything worthwhile was surely content to while it away in front of a wall of drying paint. However, Shawn White, founder fo Ruckus Composites, a Portland, Oregon-based carbon repair and manufacturing outfit, isn’t that … Continue reading
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