Disc brakes: Ya gotta love ’em. Here’s a general primer on how to assess and change your pads. So you can love ‘em even more.

My first bicycle was not, in fact, a bicycle. I rode it in 1968, when I was two years old and as tubby as a bear cub. It had four wheels, not two, and no pedals: strictly speaking, it was a scooter.

Buying a bike in the Netherlands isn’t just a transaction; it’s practically a rite of passage. You’re about to join the ranks of a cycling nation that takes its two-wheeled transport very seriously, ...