Author: drewmathews12

A ski project in the bike posts, but where else to put it! I grew up snowboarding, but I decided to learn to ski in college after wanting to challenge myself. I also decided that snowboarding on the average ski day (when there’s no powder) isn’t that great, and that I could reap the best…

Does every cyclist boyfriend want to get their girlfriend on a bike? I enjoy browsing Craigslist, eBay, and PinkBike for my next purchase (even when it’s not warranted), and I had been browsing for Chandler since she moved home to the Bay Area from Brooklyn in 2024. Every time I brought up getting her a…

I admit I don’t ride this bike very often anymore. This was the first bike I had when I really started falling in love with riding. It was a great bike for getting into the sport, but as I’ve progressed through the sport, other bikes are doing it for me. My parents helped me buy…

(It looks cooler with carbon race wheels….) Where to begin. This is the first road bike I bought myself, and that fact is meaningful for me. I rode a lot of different bikes growing up that I didn’t have personal connection to or intention with, and I think that matters when it comes to riding…

My favorite bike I’ve ever ridden, and the best purchase I’ve ever made. It’s fun. It can do it all. It can fit wide tires. And it’s freakin light! I bought this frame after owning a Diverge for a couple of years. The Diverge was my first gravel bike, and my dad convinced me that…

A bike I wanted to keep. My dad’s friend, Chris, approached me about doing a 1x conversion on an old gravel bike he had. The bike was as legendary as legendary bikes can be in our local bike riding circle, mainly due to the name being so cool. Known to us as “Jake the Snake”,…