For about a week I’d noticed that my knees were starting to hurt when I was riding my Surly Long Haul Trucker to work and back. Nothing major, but coming from painless comfortable riding when your knees all of a sudden start to give out, that’s usually a sign something has changed. At the time [...]

Being somewhat of an enthusiast of classic bicycles and being somewhat disappointed with Taiwan’s offering of Giant road bikes or boring run of the mill mountain bikes students use to get around, I always have an eye out for the more unusual looking bikes on the island. With all the boringness, thankfully they’re not all [...]

When I’m on my bicycle and it starts to rain, there’s nothing more annoying than that sinking feeling you get as your toes and feet start to get wet. It starts with complete dryness to that trickle you feel start at the base of your shoe… and before you know it your entire foot feels [...]

Over the last few months I’ve had various bits and pieces on my Long Haul Trucker Complete (as sold by Surly) start to fail. As such, either due to not being to find original replacements or just wanting to try something new I’ve replaced a few things and my bike is definitely going to look [...]

When I was doing my research into touring bikes, one of the things that was constantly in the back of my mind was the fact that steel rusts. Being a mainstay of most touring bikes, I was slightly worried about how a steel bike would fare in the longterm. After all, there’s plenty of yesteryear [...]

For the last three and a half years now I’ve been using my trusty Deuter Rack Pack panniers to haul all sorts of loads around on the Long Haul Trucker. To date the Rack Pack panniers have been exceptional. The material is as good as new, the clips work flawlessly and they are still as [...]

One of the stranger types of bicycle awaiting me here in Taiwan that I’d never seen before was the common enough three seater bike. Definitely built to cart a bunch of kids around, the only viable reason someone would buy one of these bikes I’d imagine is because their a parent… specifically a mum (I [...]

Late last year after three years of near daily use, my trusty Serfas RX gloves disintegrated into nothing. On the hunt for a replacement and out of touch with the cycling glove scene, I set about searching for a glove that would hopefully last me as long as my RXs did. After checking out Taiwan’s [...]

Yesterday was the last day of the Taipei Cycle Show in Taiwan. Hosted at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall and run by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council the, Taipei Cycle Show spans four floors and features 27,162 square meters of exhibition space. On display are complete bikes, accessories and more interestingly [...]

One of the reasons I ride a Surly Long Haul Trucker is that it’s a hearkening back to the golden age of bicycles. There’s no abundance of logos, no carbon fibre or overly flashy ‘look at me!’ parts. Instead, with modest paintwork, a solid frame design based on proven frame geometry and a feeling that [...]