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Mar 14

Written By Matt Surch

Graphene ➕ Wax = #GRAPHENlube from @absoluteblack.cc // This chain sauce has been supplied, under a veil of secrecy, to a number of Pro Tour teams, and today it becomes available to regular humans who have a particular need for speed. And durability.

This spot is going into an urban scramble! If you don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, all will be revealed soon! Pretty darned cool spot in town, gorgeous early this morning. Kind of an old-school cyclocross situation: 32mm slicks

That special quality of morning light. Permeating the humidity that envelopes, long shadows cast across that which supports us. Grounded, grounding; rays of hope and possibility bring me back to some of my most treasured memories of life on bikes, an

Flip-mode! From CX to MEGA-ROAD to today’s iteration - ‘road’ - my Romax has once again proven itself an unflappable chameleon, truly polyvalent. I was worried swapping to 700c x 32mm tires (@reneherse Stampede Pass, Extra-light) wo

A week of warm morning weather, rides in the hills, and a steady flow of dopamine. Who knows what, when, how. Here, now it’s beautiful. #letsridethisouttogether #gravelride #onedayatatime #teknecc #teknecycling

A road I’d never taken, a view I’d never seen. ‘West’ has always been about polarized modes of riding on drop bars for me: Carp Loops, a sequence of years getting shredded, then shredding, Saturday morning hammer-fests. Carp L

290k outside over the weekend felt like a gift. Sure, like a bottle of ‘special’ vodka, this gift took three days to recover from, but it was worth it. Yeah, I have a couple races on the calendar for spring, but more than anything, I&rsqu

A dream come true in many ways: riding, let alone exploring, a point-to-point all-conditions route from Nice to Genova with a couple amazing humans, and having the opportunity to tell the story in one of the most influential publications in cycling,

Never before have I wished I’d brought a face towel on a bike ride. @rotationalmass and I were optimistic the dirt roads north of Wakefield would be plowed and fine after Saturday’s dump of snow. We were also optimistic the snow that was

I’ve taken more time off the bike this fall and winter than I have in years. Anxiety attached to days off the saddle has transformed into energy put into other pursuits that contribute to holistic health and well-being. Walking, strength, mobil

It’s a great time to be a cyclocross fan. As I watch race after race via @globalcyclingnetwork coverage, which is particularly great when @jpows is co-presenting, I’m getting more and more motivated to prepare myself better for the 2020 c

There’s always so much more to a photo. My story of the adventure @rotationalmass @nicojolyphotography and I had in the mountains along the French-Italian border in July, as told in the winter issue of @bikequarterly barely scratches the surfac

Graphene ➕ Wax = #GRAPHENlube from @absoluteblack.cc // This chain sauce has been supplied, under a veil of secrecy, to a number of Pro Tour teams, and today it becomes available to regular humans who have a particular need for speed. And durability.

This spot is going into an urban scramble! If you don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, all will be revealed soon! Pretty darned cool spot in town, gorgeous early this morning. Kind of an old-school cyclocross situation: 32mm slicks

That special quality of morning light. Permeating the humidity that envelopes, long shadows cast across that which supports us. Grounded, grounding; rays of hope and possibility bring me back to some of my most treasured memories of life on bikes, an

Flip-mode! From CX to MEGA-ROAD to today’s iteration - ‘road’ - my Romax has once again proven itself an unflappable chameleon, truly polyvalent. I was worried swapping to 700c x 32mm tires (@reneherse Stampede Pass, Extra-light) wo

A week of warm morning weather, rides in the hills, and a steady flow of dopamine. Who knows what, when, how. Here, now it’s beautiful. #letsridethisouttogether #gravelride #onedayatatime #teknecc #teknecycling

A road I’d never taken, a view I’d never seen. ‘West’ has always been about polarized modes of riding on drop bars for me: Carp Loops, a sequence of years getting shredded, then shredding, Saturday morning hammer-fests. Carp L

290k outside over the weekend felt like a gift. Sure, like a bottle of ‘special’ vodka, this gift took three days to recover from, but it was worth it. Yeah, I have a couple races on the calendar for spring, but more than anything, I&rsqu

A dream come true in many ways: riding, let alone exploring, a point-to-point all-conditions route from Nice to Genova with a couple amazing humans, and having the opportunity to tell the story in one of the most influential publications in cycling,

Never before have I wished I’d brought a face towel on a bike ride. @rotationalmass and I were optimistic the dirt roads north of Wakefield would be plowed and fine after Saturday’s dump of snow. We were also optimistic the snow that was

I’ve taken more time off the bike this fall and winter than I have in years. Anxiety attached to days off the saddle has transformed into energy put into other pursuits that contribute to holistic health and well-being. Walking, strength, mobil

It’s a great time to be a cyclocross fan. As I watch race after race via @globalcyclingnetwork coverage, which is particularly great when @jpows is co-presenting, I’m getting more and more motivated to prepare myself better for the 2020 c

There’s always so much more to a photo. My story of the adventure @rotationalmass @nicojolyphotography and I had in the mountains along the French-Italian border in July, as told in the winter issue of @bikequarterly barely scratches the surfac

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Father of two, Matt has been blogging since 2007, melding his passion for all things cycling and philosophy, specifically with regard to the philosophy of technology, ethics, and cognitive science.

https://www.teknecycling.com

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