Articles by Matt Pacocha

Pacocha, the VeloNews test editor, started in the industry sweeping shop floors at 13. Since then he’s wrenched, raced mountain bikes on the national circuit for four years, worked at IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association) for two years, raced on the road in Belgium for six months, and served four years as the tech editor for VeloNews. And, of course, Pacocha is the staff's resident cyclocross fanatic.

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• Tech Report: Gary Fisher Superfly 100 — a carbon

  • Published Sep. 15, 2009

  During the middle part of the 2009 racing season the Subaru-Gary Fisher team gave Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, a racer with a preference for

• Despite the world’s results, VeloNews’ Matt

  • Published Sep. 8, 2009
  • Updated Sep. 8, 2009 at 10:36 AM EDT

  Editor's Note: For more on Matt's test protocol and tools and a review of three of his favorite 29ers, see Singletrack.com. The 26-inch

• Advanced Placement – Giant’s new Anthem X Advanced

  • Published Aug. 7, 2009
  • Updated Aug. 8, 2009 at 6:11 AM EDT

  You’ve seen it, we’ve reported on it and everyone expected it to eventually be offered for sale and now it’s finally official: Adam

• Shimano teasers show up at the Tour — on the Skil-Shimano

  • Published Jul. 23, 2009

  Skil-Shimano is the only team in this year’s Tour de France with a component manufacturer as a co-title sponsor. Naturally with Shimano

• MTB Nats: The death of traditional cross-country bikes?

  • Published Jul. 21, 2009
  • Updated Jul. 21, 2009 at 8:27 AM EDT

  The 2009 men’s podium at Mountain Bike Nationals at SolVista Resort in Granby, Colorado, looked like this: First place: Jeremy

• JHK’s sub-20-pound, national championship-winning

  • Published Jul. 20, 2009
  • Updated Jul. 20, 2009 at 1:04 PM EDT

  Subaru-Gary Fisher team rider Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski began his mountain bike racing career in Winter Park, Colorado, just south of the

• Tricking the wind: Astana’s new Trek time trial

  • Published Jul. 4, 2009
  • Updated Jul. 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM EDT

  In recent years many time trial bikes have sprouted nose cones and structural fairings to improve aerodynamic, but more recently the UCI

• Armstrong’s new ride: The 6-series Madone

  • Published Jul. 3, 2009
  • Updated Jul. 3, 2009 at 11:14 AM EDT

  Back before Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France he lived in Nice, France. In 1998, he, like many pros in the area, started using

• A conversation with Jim Felt

  • Published Jul. 2, 2009

  We recently bumped into Jim Felt, head bike designer of his namesake company Felt Bicycles, in the Cote d’Azur airport. He is in the

• An Oakley photo gallery

  • Published Jul. 1, 2009
  • Updated Jul. 1, 2009 at 9:10 AM EDT

  In 2008, sunglass and apparel manufacturer, Oakley passed the $1 billion mark in terms of annual sales. That figure had been the goal of