Understanding Cycling Through Practice: Everything is Connected
Tekné is an ancient Greek concept describing knowledge gained through making, doing, and experience.
Tekne Cycling is where I document and share what I learn through riding, experimentation, field testing, product evaluation, and writing. Whether exploring remote routes, testing equipment, developing products through Matter Lab, or analyzing complex cycling systems, the goal is the same: to better understand the relationships between riders, equipment, behaviour, and environment, and share learnings with the cycling community and industry.
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Long-form writing, analysis, field notes, and technical investigations.
Ride Guides
Routes, travel reports, and lessons learned from the road and trail.
MATTER LAB
Product testing, development, prototyping, and small-scale manufacturing.
Work with Tekne
Product testing, technical storytelling, and development feedback.
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Cane Creek ViscoSet: Driving Stability
Instability makes riding bikes fun, and fun-riding bikes. The devil is in the details. Let's talk about that.
Of Flesh: David Foster Wallace, Roger Federer Moments, and Cycling
The context David Foster Wallace sets up describes the incredible ability Roger Federer, possibly the best tennis player ever, has to make seemingly impossible shots. "Matrix-like," Federer's moves defy physics and reason, inspiring awe in those who bear witness. Wallace coins these occasions 'Federer Moments.'
Implementation: Custom T-Lab X3 #dropbarbraap
The final piece in a series of deep-dives into my titanium dream bike, T-Lab’s X3. Fully custom designed and built to thrive across a broad range of riding conditions, my build biases toward reliability under heavy and frequent use in harsh environments.
MATTER: Columbus Futura Cross, Adjustable Rake, and Steering Stability
Tire construction influences steering dynamics more ‘strongly’ as volume increases. You WON’T see this jump out from the numbers, and this phenomenon, which has pushed folks away from 650b wheels/tires, is not widely understood.
EXECUTION: Ideas Made Material
The second in a trilogy on the process of designing a dream gravel bike, this piece walks through the way I refined my thinking and design for my custom T-Lab X3 modern gravel bike build, translating principles into specific decisions.
GENESIS of a Modern Gravel Dreambike
The first in a three-part series on the process of designing a dream gravel bike, this piece walks through the way I conceived my custom T-Lab X3 modern gravel bike build. This is a principles-based approach, which is meant to support decision making that lands riders on bikes they love.
MATTER of FACT: Making Sense of Tubeless and Tubular Tires for Cyclocross
“I have one bike, three sets of wheels. How do you pick the tire set up? Tubeless with drys carbon tubulars with muds, aluminum tubulars with mixed?”
MATTER: Castelli's Elemento Jacket and the Art of the Possible
Castelli’s Elemento jacket establishes a new reality/normal/standard most riders probably didn’t even realize could be a thing.
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3 days, 3 riders, and a loop around Parc Mont Tremblant connecting Rouge Matawin Wildlife Reserve and ZEC des Nymphes. Here’s what we learned about surface conditions, campsite availability, water filtration, and wheel setups.