Introducing Supple Sealant
At Rene Herse Cycles, we’ve been running some of our bikes tubeless for more than a...
Jan's OPEN MIN.D.
These days, Rene Herse Cycles is often associated with gravel and bikepacking, so it may come...
To Humptulips Ridge and Back
Four years ago, I first attempted to reach Humptulips Ridge. It was the first year of...
Berthoud Re-Stock and Tech Trials Bags
We just received a new shipment from Berthoud in France. Included are Ted King’s favorite mirrors...
Cyclotouring in the Cascade Foothills: Lake Joy Loop
Summer has finally come to Seattle. After finishing some work in the morning, followed by a...
Cyclocross Tubular Tire Pre-Order
It feels like summer has just begun in Seattle, and yet cyclocross season is just two...
TPU Tubes Have Arrived
Our shipment cleared customs without the usual delays, so the TPU tubes are now in stock....
TPU Tube Pre-Order
We want to apologize to our customers who have been trying to order our TPU tubes:...
Big Wins at Robidoux Rendezvous
The Robidoux Rendezvous may be a new race, but very generous prize money brought some of...
OPEN × Rene Herse MIN.D. Road Bike
For years, I used to think that road bikes were relics from the past, when we...
Winning UCI Gravel on a Steel Frame
You don’t expect steel bikes to be ridden to the top steps of the podium in...
Ted's Video from Bon Jon Pass Out
After racing (and winning) the Bon Jon Pass Out race last weekend, Ted King made a...
Ted King's Impressions from Bon Jon Pass
Ed.: We invited Ted King to the Bon Jon Pass Out gravel race to show him...
Summer 2024 Bicycle Quarterly
The Summer 2024 Bicycle Quarterly is at the printer. With every edition, we bring you a...
TPU Tubes Back in Stock
A new shipment of TPU tubes has arrived in Seattle. The new tubes have been so...
8 Take-Aways from Unbound 2024
Unbound, the gravel race across the Flint Hills of Kansas, keeps getting bigger with every year—in...
Charity Drive: Thank You!
Thank you to all our readers and customers who’ve made our charity drive a success. We...
Bicycle Quarterly Charity Drive
Cycling is a wonderful part of our lives, and it’s fun to talk about fascinating bike...
Unbound XL: People, Bikes, Landscapes
Why do people ride 355 miles on hilly gravel roads? On the face of it, Unbound...
Unbound XL: Packing List and Tracker
What do you pack for a 350-mile gravel race into the Flint Hills of Kansas? There...
Tire Pressure for Unbound
Yesterday’s post about my Unbound XL bike mentioned tire pressure: 21 psi (1.5 bar). That is...
Unbound XL: Jan's Bike
The Flint Hills are totally different from the Cascade Mountains where I usually ride, but equally...
Wired Mag: Your Bike Tires Are Too Skinny.
Today, Wired magazine published an article titled: “Your Bike Tires Are Too Skinny. Riding on Fat,...
Adrien Liechti: My Bike after Accursed
The Accursed. A 1,600 km bikepacking race with 32,000 m of elevation gain through the wilds...
SON and Dumonde Restock
Just in time for bikepacking season (and for the long brevets), we received a restock of...
See you at the Races?
Summer is finally arriving in Seattle, and the rides and adventures that we’ve been dreaming of...
Introducing Rene Herse Handlebar Roll Bags
The days when all we needed on a ride was a spare tube that fit into...
Unbound Tire Guide from Ted and Brennan
The courses for Unbound Gravel 2024, the famous race across the Flint Hills of Kansas, were...
85th Anniversary Tires Are Here!
To celebrate 85 years of Rene Herse Cycles, we’re offering some of our most popular models...
Pogačar uses RH Tire Pressure Calculator?
Tadej Pogačar is the undisputed star of pro cycling this year. After winning the Volta a...
Jenna and Brennan Win in AR; Head to UCI Worlds
On Saturday, Jenna Rinehart and Brennan Wertz won Elite women’s and men’s categories at the UCI...
TPU Tubes Are Back in Stock
Rene Herse TPU tubes are back in stock. The first production run sold out in less...
New Lights and Other Parts
We’re excited to announce a few new products in the Rene Herse program. For a while...
Happy Earth Day!
More than half a century after the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, there has...
Brennan Wins Sea Otter Gravel!
…and achieves P2 in the road race! A huge congratulations to our friend Brennan Wertz for...
Paris-Roubaix: One Bike for Everything?
This year’s Paris-Roubaix was a gripping race. With 60 km to go, Mathieu van der Poel...
Introducing the Ultralight Handlebar Bag
To celebrate 85 years of Rene Herse Cycles, we’re introducing a new line of Rene Herse...
TPU Tubes are here!
The new Rene Herse TPU tubes are here. It’s still surprising to me how tiny and...
Handlebar Restock and New Travel Parts
The same boat that brought the first of our 85th Anniversary Limited Edition tires also carried...
Limited Edition: Black Endurance Tires
This year, we are celebrating 85 years of Rene Herse Cycles. In late 1938, René Herse...
Analog Simplicity: Rene Herse Floating Chain
Now that the Nivex derailleurs have been in production for a while, Rene Herse is taking...