As Gear-y as I Want To Be

A serious look at the stuff we ride with
I didn’t laugh, but I got the joke.

In January, as I was planning this buyer’s guide, the New Yorker published a cartoon with a cyclist. It features a rider, in kit, handling his bike at a repair stand. He’s surrounded by a peloton of callouts labelling everything. And I mean everything: aerodynamic helmet, cycling cap, spandex (jersey), more spandex (bibs), degreaser, grease, other grease, light, another light, racing tires, chain lube, water bottle, water bottle cage and more. There are even “other thingies” that lie at his . . .