RoadBikeReview.com welcomes our newest contributor, Karl Etzel of Silicon Valley Cycling Center. Karl has done work for us before, writing Pro Reviews for MTBR and participating in the 29er shootout in early 2007. He brings 20 years of cycling experience and several engineering degrees to the task of reviewing new products for Roadbikereview.

His focus will be on high-tech training tools and their applicability to helping everyday athletes improve performance, although we look forward to hearing his thoughts on a wide range of products. He is founder and co-owner of Silicon Valley Cycling Center, is a coach with Wenzel Coaching, and runs the website Ride424.com. His racing focus is 24 hour and ultra-endurance MTB racing, although he’s done plenty of time on skinny tires, still races cyclocross every once in a while, and has even turned a few laps on the banks at Hellyer and Alpenrose.

Welcome Karl! - Thien & Francis