Hacks make us better. Not too many, not too few. Just enough.

TPU Tubes: A User Guide In Part One, you'll find out what Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) tubes are and how they're supposed to be better.  The super-short version is they're lighter than the other air-containing options, roll almost as fast as the lightest, hold air about as as well as the…

Before figuring out if they are all that, I had to better understand what TPU bicycle tubes are all about. The promise is: almost as fast as latex, holds as well as butyl, lighter than latex, butyl, and tubeless, and more flat-resistant to boot. #bikelife #tpu #silca #reneherse #statebicyclecompany

New York City has a continuously-updated snow plow map. You can see when a street was last plowed. You can report a street that hasn't been plowed. #bikelife #bikenyc @bikenewyork.bsky.social @transalt.org plownyc.cityofnewyork.us/plownyc/

Finally got around to reading Bicycle Sentences by Grant Petersen. You should, too. @rivbike.bsky.social #bikelife #bookreview jralong.com/2025/05/08/b...

#springracing is the best. (after a cold winter). And it's best when the conditions are #theworst. #bikelife #bikenyc #usacycling jralong.com/2024/03/27/s...

to a more luxurious 2025.

In case it doesn't get cold enough on the roads this winter. #blackice #bikelife #bikenyc #roadrules

Review: Ostroy Woven Spandex Bib Shorts All shorts seem the same.  Until you tug on something different.  So, it is with Ostroy’s woven-spandex bibs.  A common cheat on figuring out the quality of a pair of bottoms is panels;  more is supposed to be better.  These shorts go the other way; fewer…

First look, first day here on @bsky.app As a way of introduction, let me share a post that was from last year, but is still relevant today. #bikeracing #crossisboss #bikelife @usacycling.bsky.social #cyclocross jralong.com/2023/11/03/c...