Greg and mattio finish the Paris-Roubaix talk for 2015 with a discussion of the technology and sociology of rear suspension road bikes, then and now. With that out of the way talk turns to… basements! Specifically, Greg’s big new basement, and generally, bicycle storage and workspace needs and realities for the apartment dweller versus the…

This week Greg and mattio dive deep into Jørgen Leth’s classic Paris-Roubaix documentary A Sunday In Hell. What makes it so great? And they close with a thumbs up for the peculiar American cycling fan practice of rising early on Sunday mornings to drink coffee and watch bike races over the Internet. Episode Links A…

This week, we begin with a drinking vocabulary lesson before diving into our first topic: Greg finally bought some carbon fiber wheels. Our technical consultant, Ian, and mattio heavily enabled this purchase, but you might be surprised by how attainable a light set of carbon wheels can really be. Finally, we close with a discussion…

This proposed cycle track is on the Arborway, not the Jamaicaway. Oops! Greg and mattio get together to talk about their relationship to bike lanes. For guys who like to go fast, they can sometimes feel constraining. But there’s a bigger picture. Plus, mattio has Strong Words to share on the slippery slush of the…

It’s Part 2 of our Spring Classics preview with Whit Yost! Whit is a contributor to Bicycling Magazine, Editor-in-Chief of Pavé Blog (where mattio has contributed a number of pieces himself) and America’s foremost Spring Classics pundit. This week, Whit tells us which riders to watch, and we make some wild picks for the coming big…

Whit Yost joins us for our two-part Spring Classics preview! Whit is a contributor to Bicycling Magazine, Editor-in-Chief of Pavé Blog (where mattio has contributed a number of pieces himself) and America’s foremost Spring Classics pundit. This week, Whit tells us a little bit about how he got into cycling and his time as an…

This week, Senior Technical Consultant/Correspondent Ian Schmidt tags in for mattio as we discuss the encroachment of MTB technology into road and cyclocross bikes. First up is a fairly detailed discussion about the pros and cons of road tubeless tires. Then we get all WHBP and wonder about the implications of all this new tech…

This week, we have special guest and USA Cycling official Emily Good for the second of our two part Ask an Official series! Learn what the blue shirts do, what they are and are not responsible for, and how they help make our sanctioned races work. This week, Greg goes on an epic rant about…

This week, we have special guest and USA Cycling official Emily Good for the first of our two part Ask an Official series! Learn what the blue shirts do, what they are and are not responsible for, and how they help make our sanctioned races work. This week, Emily tells us about how she came to…

This week on WHBP is all about de-biking, n-u, n+0, however you want to put it. We debunk the endless repetition of “n+1,” talk about bikes for purposes, how many bikes we want and whether buying something can change your life in a meaningful way. Spoiler: it can’t. Episode Links Cycling in the South Bay…