Our Blog is Moving!
We are excited to move our blog and integrate it seamlessly with our Rene Herse Cycles web site. This will allow us to create even more exciting content. And now we can link directly between blog posts...
View ArticleHoning Skills in Cyclocross
When winter snow makes the high roads in the Cascade Mountains impassable, we turn to cyclocross. It’s our preferred winter sport – challenging, fun and a great way to hone our skills for the big...
View ArticleEndurance Casings for 700C x 38 and 700C x 55
You asked for it… Many customers requested our Barlow Pass with the Endurance casing. It makes sense – 700C x 38 is a versatile size. If your rides are littered with glass, steel wires or goatheads,...
View ArticleRene Herse Tires – Which Casing is Right for Me?
Rene Herse tires are available in many widths, with two tread patterns and four casings. All this so you can find tires that are ideally suited to how and where you ride. Today, let’s look at the...
View ArticleCost Increases = Price Increases
Unlike most posts, this isn’t one that I enjoy writing… Over the past decade, we’ve seen a period of remarkably stable prices. In fact, it’s been more than five years since our prices have changed...
View ArticleDesigning the Rene Herse Taillight
If you’ve been to the Philly Bike Expo last weekend (or looked at the photo feeds), you’ve seen many custom bikes with our Rene Herse taillights. (Above is Brian Chapman’s.) The taillight has been one...
View ArticleRene Herse Cycling Caps
We are really excited about our new cycling caps. They are great to wear under a helmet, or just by themselves. The quality is superb – as you’d expect, since they are made by Walz, a company known...
View ArticleRoad.cc Reviews the Juniper Ridge 650B x 48
We like Road.cc, the British web site, because they really ride the products they test. They’ve got a number of testers, and their opinions are refreshingly unbiased and honest. At the end of each...
View ArticleWhy I Choose Centerpull Brakes
When I spec’d my new bike for this year’s Paris-Brest-Paris (and for our adventures in the Cascade Mountains), I opted for centerpull brakes. I didn’t choose centerpulls out of nostalgia. For the...
View ArticleWhy Only Black Tread?
Autumn means colder temperatures and rainy weather, here in the Cascade Mountains and in many parts of the world. More than ever, the grip of our tires is on our minds. Why do all Rene Herse tires...
View ArticleThe Biggest Bicycle Quarterly Yet
When we started putting together the Autumn Bicycle Quarterly, we realized that, for each article, we had more material than planned – longer stories, more photos, and new angles. Usually, we test two...
View ArticleTool Kit for Paris-Brest-Paris
Before I started the 750-mile (1200 km) Paris-Brest-Paris on a brand-new bike, I thought about the tools I needed to bring. After months of training and the expense of traveling to France, it would be...
View ArticleVideo: Open WI.DE. vs U.P.P.E.R.
For the Autumn Bicycle Quarterly, we tested two amazing OPEN all-road bikes. The brand-new WI.DE. can run 60 mm-wide tires – wider than many mountain bikes. The ultralight U.P.P.E.R. is a true racing...
View ArticleGravel Before It Was a ‘Category’
I’ve been wanting to thank Bicycle Retailer and Industry News for the nice article about Rene Herse on the front cover of a recent edition. It’s not often that the media talks about the contributions...
View ArticleRene Herse Fenders in Black
In the northern hemisphere, we are moving into the season where we need good fenders: They can make the difference between enjoying the ride and enduring it. The Pacific Northwest, where we live and...
View ArticleFun at the Un-Meeting
Last weekend’s Bicycle Quarterly Un-Meeting brought together cyclists from all over the United States. Despite an uncertain weather forecast, more than 70 riders met northwest of Portland for a...
View ArticleCelebrating 2000 Posts on Instagram
We’re celebrating our 2000th post on Instagram with a favorite image. It shows everything I love about cycling: small roads off the beaten path, beautiful bikes and great riding companions. I don’t...
View ArticleHow Fast are Rene Herse Tires?
How fast are our tires? We know that the casing, and not the width, determines a tire’s speed. When I rode Paris-Brest-Paris on 42 mm-wide tires (above), I knew that I wasn’t giving up any speed over...
View ArticleAutumn Bicycle Quarterly
If Bicycle Quarterly was a ‘normal’ magazine, the Autumn edition would look quite different. Which ‘normal’ publisher would add 25% more pages just because there are so many great stories? We simply...
View ArticleBicycle Quarterly Un-Meeting Routes
The 2019 Bicycle Quarterly Un-Meeting is less than a week away. We’re really excited to meet many of you near Portland next weekend! The Un-Meeting ‘un-officially’ starts at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday,...
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