The Radavist

Photos by Dave Trimble

What a rad time this turned out to be. Last weekend, some of my favorite people in NYC headed out to Catskill Park to attend a gentleman’s race. Trimble Racing put it on and dubbed it the Neversink Gentleman’s Race. Looking through these photos made my day!

Dave sent me a link to his photo gallery, which I’ve embedded in a slideshow below, along with winners, times and the GPS from the race.

While my more recent experience with Giro helmets was centered around the Ionos, I am more than impressed with the revisions made to the 2011 Giro Atmos. Years ago when I finally made the leap from +/- $50 helmets to the Atmos pricepoint (which varies), I actually enjoyed wearing my helmet. It was lighter, less bulky and incredibly stylish. Three years ago, I bought the Ionos and all of the above were improved upon even more. Now in 2011, Giro has redesigned their Atmos into a stylish and even better fitting helmet.

Check out more of my Product Review of the 2011 Giro Atmos road helmet below.

Photo by Dave Trimble

It’s getting to the point where I almost prefer 35mm photos of bicycles more than digital. At least when it comes to slightly more design-driven bicycles like the Legor Cicli NAHBS bike. I can’t wait to rape this bike with my AE-1 at NAHBS! Thanks to Dave Trimble for the photo and Legor Cicli for the Beautiful Bicycle!

Edit: Check out one more recent photo by Dave below.

Photo by Doug Takeshi Wolfe

David Trimble shot me an email with these exclusive looks at the new Legor Cicli track bike for the 2011 NAHBS. Holy hell, is this thing ever nice! Even though I’m usually not into bright colors on track bikes, I’d thrash the hell out of this thing on the boards.

Check out more photos below!

Let’s just say this isn’t at all what I expected from Lair of the Minotaur. Evil Power threw me a curve ball when I first listened to it. At the second track “Let’s Kill These Motherfuckers”, I promptly turned it off. It wasn’t until the other day that I finally gave the entire album a listen. At first, I thought the grindcore / blackened thrash group had gone a little too late 90’s hardcore for my taste. “Let’s Kill These Motherfuckers” just sat with me wrong; I couldn’t help but picture a bunch of guys in a mosh pit somewhere, wearing mesh shorts round-housing each other in the face while singing along to the hook. Luckily for the album and this review, “Riders of Skullhammer, We Ride the Night” really knocked Evil Power back on the trash track.

Read the rest of the review and watch the video for “Evil Power” below.

Well if the NYC wealthy haven’t heard of Rapha before, they sure have now. The NY Times has been covering cycling a lot recently and now there’s an article on cycling wear that stabs at Central Park roadies and their parade-esque kits; pointing out other, classier outfits for City bikers.

They even got a quote from Snob!

In an e-mail message, Bike Snob NYC said he was impressed with a “Fixed Jacket” that Rapha sent him to try. “It’s excellent,” he wrote. “It’s durable, the fit is good, and the pockets are in the right places.” The blogger added, “They’ve done a great job of not only evoking cycling history but also capturing a ‘soulful’ aesthetic that appeals to certain riders.” Still, he admitted: “As a cyclist, I understand it, but personally I sometimes find it off-putting. It’s a little rarefied for me … I don’t want to feel like I need to be worthy of my clothes.”

The Fixed Jacket is indeed a nice garment. But I’ll stick with this…