Jon Knoll/Bicycling Magazine: Molded Shorts Not for All
I’ve been a cyclist for over 30 years, and most of those years I’ve been a reader of Bicycling. Each month I pull the magazine from the mailbox and leaf through it—always front to back, like John Forester might suggest, if he cared about such things—and notate the articles I’ll read more in depth later, and maybe read the shorter blurbs on the spot. The Issue 2, 2019 was no different: What they ride, ultimate guide, how to stuff. Then: 10 Greatest Upgrades That Changed the Way We Ride, Train, Eat, Look, Talk, and Think About Cycling. Now, I thought, that’s more a challenge than a section title. Power meter, a tiny fraction have ever used that. GPS, most of us use that. The Peugeot team jersey, interesting stuff in more ways than one. Mia Birk, someone most cyclists have never heard about but who benefit from her work immensely. I turned the page and stared at Jon Knoll’s missive on the molded, multi-density short, and it was almost a Gary...