Sunday, November 10, 2024

New Bike: Vaast A/1

In the middle of the summer, I got an itch for a proper gravel bike. I have several bikes that are perfectly adequate to ride on gravel roads, of which there are none near me, but you know how marketing works. Some random googling found the Vaast A/1 over half off online, a bike that recently got a positive review from those picky folks at Bicycle Quarterly--they compared the Vaast's unique magnesium frame favorably to their boutique steel frames. I'm not one to ignore these overlapping signs.

I clicked buy, and a few days later there was the giant box on the porch:


Bike Stability Feeling vs. Rider Position

I had an interesting ride the other day. I was on my Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross, on my way to see my mom. The BMC has a pretty norma...