The national championships! Which American bike racer doesn’t dream of donning the stars-and-stripes jersey for a year? (I once came close, as a student, when our team finished a very close second at Collegiate Nationals.) The opportunity to race against the very best is a wonderful challenge. The championships are late in the… read more

Brennan Wertz was the defending champion at last weekend’s Gravel National Championships. Today he takes us inside the action from the race: Early in the race, a break of 7 racers got up the road and quickly opened up a big gap, while many in the main group looked at each other: Nobody wanted… read more

An eagerly awaited shipment showed up at the Rene Herse headquarters here in Seattle. All TPU tubes and the innovative TPU sealant are back in stock. However, with pre-orders taken care of, some models are already running low again. Why has production still not caught up with demand, more than a year after these… read more