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Twosome on the Singletrack: His & Her World's Finest Mountain Bike

Filed under: Apparel, Shoes, Sports, Men's Style

It's all downhill from here and that's just the way we like it...a twosome cruisin' down the singletrack on GIANT's luxury-grade off-road bicycles. How do two busybodies make time for romance and fitness without enduring such bugaboos as Gym Monotony and Weekly Yoga Class Fatigue? To commingle amour, high-tech exercise, and the autumnal outdoors, make room in the garage for a spry couplet: love should be robust, but waistlines should be slim, get a mountain bike for her and another one for him.

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Bikes We Covet: The Van Dessel Solstice

by Anne Metz (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the bike lane, Van Dessel Cycles drops a black carbon compact on the world.

Van Dessel's charge d'affaires, Edwin Bull -- himself a racer with a lot of kilometers pounded out on Belgian cobbles during his youth -- brings us the Solstice. It's a one-piece molded carbon frame, also known as a "monocoque" in bike circles.

To biker types, a black carbon monocoque means responsive, smooth, resilient, and stiff.

To people like me, it means a dope ride!

Van Dessel offers lots of options for building up your Solstice, but with top-of-the-line Campagnolo Record (why would you ever run anything less?), it runs $5999.

Tags: campagnolo, carbon, compact, monocoque, road bike, RoadBike, shimano, van dessel, VanDessel