Articles by Dan Empfield

This is an extreme gravel bike. But it’s also (for me) a very capable road bike. Here’s how.

For a decade I’ve wanted a Cervelo R3 Mud. Only a handful were made, and 3 of them were on the Paris Roubaix podium. I’ve got one now.

I’m using my OCOEE, err, my OBED as a prop for how to redecal a bike frame. The assumption is that it’s a top mount vinyl decal.

Our community has a unique capacity to endure; to pace, to suffer, to struggle, to prevail, and to finish. Let’s use it.

The company was naïve to the historic event known as the Ocoee Massacre; it will rebadge this line of bikes.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Higher Education Act of 1965 greatly impacted triathlon, but not in the way you expect.

The announcement of these products contains both legacy function as well as new hardware and software capacity.

This is the result of my experiment, using smart bikes to inform the position on my outdoor bikes.

Shimano is a cycling shoe brand I can ride. Its RC9 costs almost twice the RC7. Is the upcharge justified, and are these shoes tri-relevant anyway?

Great wheels! But I’m feeling cranky today and I fear it’s evident. That notwithstanding, I hope I do these wheels justice.

“This was objectively the hardest thing I have ever done,” said The Vegan Cyclist, and I would be shocked if it weren’t.

…In which we talk about the “smart” parts.