Apidura’s Aero Pack System: Aerodynamically Optimised Bikepacking Bags All-day gravel races require riders to carefully balance the practicality of carrying spares and supplies with seeking every advantage possible by keeping weight low and getting as aero as possible. As experts in technical bikepacking equipment, this got the team at Apidura […]
Review: FiftyOne Bikes Assassin gravel bike delivers on versatility without sacrificing speed
For some time now, gravel bikes have been almost divided into two categories. You have the fast, light, race-focused bikes with smaller tire clearance and fewer mounts for accessories. And then you have the more adventure-focused set with room for massive tires, all the mounts, and often, a slightly more […]
Tech Randoms: EWS Tweed Valley 2022
Prototype shock links, frames, and more.( Photos: 16, Comments: 53 )
Chinese automaker launches nine satellites to aid self-driving cars
China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group launched the first nine satellites of a planned constellation of 240 spacecraft Thursday, starting the deployment phase of a project intended to provide navigation and inter-vehicle communications for autonomous cars.
101 Must-See Cosmic Objects: M87
M87 is yet another Messier elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, 55 million light-years distant and some 120,000 light-years across. It lies about 3½° northwest of Rho Virginis. But M87 outdoes M84 and M86 in sheer mass: It has least a trillion stars totaling a mass of 2.7 trillion Suns. […]
NASA Administrator to Launch Artemis Learning Lunchbox Initiative
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is helping kick off a new initiative to deliver food and hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math kits, called Learning Lunchboxes, in Orlando at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 3.
Blue-whale-size asteroid to screech past Earth in close encounter on June 6
An asteroid up to three times the size of a blue whale will sail past Earth on June 6, 2022.
Heirloom: Doing up a passed-down Sym Wolf 125
Most customs look nothing like a factory bike, with radical styling and, let’s face it, often dubious legality. But occasionally we see a machine that could have rolled straight off a production line. This custom Sym Wolf looks it could have been a ‘retro’ made by a Japanese factory in […]
Remembering Sandy Kosman
In flat-track and drag racing circles, the name Sandy Kosman is well known. The frame builder passed away at age 80.
2022 Ducati Streetfighter V4 SP First Ride Review
Ducati’s fastest, most radical naked bike yet, the 2022 Streetfighter V4 SP.