Articles by Dan Empfield

Pro cyclists are riding wider tires and your bike brand is optimizing its new designs for wider tires. Here’s why.

It’s easy to know the right pressure for every use case, and to run the right pressure every time you ride.

A gravel-oriented groupset, for sure, but may not be limited to gravel.

Quintana Roo and Litespeed owner had a heart attack following a run.

Canyon’s first crack at road cycling shoes is shockingly good.

Newly available gearing and more ergonomic hoods have changed the road position

Maybe SRAM’s prosecution of 1x was due to its tepid performance in 2x. With new RED FD shifting is tepid no more.

Lighter, stronger and – notably – tire size agnostic by design.

America’s fastest triathlon cyclist may be America’s fastest cyclist, in a race against the clock.

Finally, a component company that makes handlebars made a handlebar for its component.

Vastly improved FD shifting, lighter weight, wider gear range, shorter cranks.

How can you spot which new innovations to embrace and which to avoid?