When you watch a big Tour or head to a local gravel race, you’re likely to see only carbon bikes. If you’re lucky, there may a titanium frame or two at the local race. On mainstream cycling websites, it’s the same: carbon everywhere, at least as far as performance bikes are concerned. If… read more

We get this question from time to time: Can you inflate Rene Herse TPU tubes with pumps that connect to the valve with a hose? The valve stem is smooth. The hose of the pump needs threads to hold onto the valve. Here’s why it works just fine: The valve stem is smooth, but… read more

When I wrote about the Rene Herse components that are the lightest of their kind, I was reminded of a reader who once asked: “Why are you so focused on saving a gram here or there? For the 99.999% of us who are not professionally racing, but… read more