After years of R&D, the new SON Ladelux headlights are here! It’s fair to say that these are the ultimate generator-powered bicycle headlights. The goal was simple: Make a headlight that has a high and a low beam, and that allows charging your electronics by directly plugging them into the headlight.As so often,… read more

On July 1, Sofiane Sehili left the westernmost tip of Portugal to embark on his biggest adventure yet: Ride more than 16,000 km (10,000 miles) to traverse two continents, all the way to Vladivostok on the eastern edge of Siberia.Now on the 20th day of his ride, Sofiane has covered more than 6,000… read more

That’s how Marie Autrey characterized Bicycle Quarterly in a 2009 article in Bicycle Times. She was referring to our research and also our style of riding, predicting (correctly) that both would soon have a lasting impact on mainstream cycling. Back then, our findings that wide tires could be as fast as narrow ones—if… read more