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Is It All Our Fault?

Emlyn Lewis
What is wrong with the bike industry? Well first, the industry creates new standards for no reason other than to sell us new stuff. Second, the industry tells us one thing is really important before…
Talk

Revolting 190

Robot and Stevil
Everything Louder Than Everything Else. Everything and everyone is competing for your attention. What most people don’t realize is that they’re ALSO competing for their own attention. What are we…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday – Splattered Brains

John Rezell
The first organized ride I covered as a writer ventured through the rolling hills in the back country of Orange County. I had a map of the course, and after watching the group roll out, I drove a…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 426

Padraig
This week Patrick and new co-host Lori talk summer heat, humidity and their thoughts and strategies on hydration. Both confess a sweet tooth. Show links: Nuun Sport Hydration TabletsSkratch…
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Relief

Padraig
I felt the change in temperature before I noticed either the change in the intensity of the light or the shadow sliding ahead of me on the road. July heat radiated from the Memphis asphalt like stink…
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Sound is Frictive

Emlyn Lewis
You know what makes ninjas so cool? They move silently up drainpipes, across rooftops, always in the shadows, before they do whatever ninja job they have planned. You think the ninja's main weapon is…

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Llamas, Donkeys and Sage

Maureen Gaffney
The Wuanita loop in Saguache (“Saw–watch”) County, Colorado was my third bikepack, but my first without the handholding provided by a 2021 “Bikepacking 101 Course” offered by Rim Tours in Moab, or a…
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For Los Angeles

Padraig
The wildfires in Southern California will go down as the most expensive natural disaster in the state's history. Combined, the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Auto fires, have burned more than 40,000…
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Part of Me

Pat Navin
In my dream, I am riding up a steep climb on a narrow road winding through redwoods, barely able to turn the pedals. But I am happy. Ecstatic, really. I am one with my bike, an extension of my body,…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday – Splattered Brains

John Rezell
The first organized ride I covered as a writer ventured through the rolling hills in the back country of Orange County. I had a map of the course, and after watching the group roll out, I drove a…

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Page One

Is It All Our Fault?

Emlyn Lewis
What is wrong with the bike industry? Well first, the industry creates new standards for no reason other than to sell us new stuff. Second, the industry tells us one thing is really important before…

Op-Ed

Op-Ed

TCI Friday – Splattered Brains

John Rezell
The first organized ride I covered as a writer ventured through the rolling hills in the back country of Orange County. I had a map of the course, and after watching the group roll out, I drove a…
Op-Ed

Mind the Gap

Padraig
"Two inches!" He yelled. "I want you two inches off my rear wheel." We were deep enough into the Berkshire Mountains that I didn't know where we were. The road was lined with trees and the…
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TCI Friday – Speed

John Rezell
Desperately lost on a back road in Washington state with no cell reception to awaken my mapping app nor call my wife to figure out where she was and how we would ever connect, I hit a twisting,…

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Talk

Talk

Revolting 190

Robot and Stevil
Everything Louder Than Everything Else. Everything and everyone is competing for your attention. What most people don’t realize is that they’re ALSO competing for their own attention. What are we…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 426

Padraig
This week Patrick and new co-host Lori talk summer heat, humidity and their thoughts and strategies on hydration. Both confess a sweet tooth. Show links: Nuun Sport Hydration TabletsSkratch…
Talk

Revolting 189

Robot and Stevil
Despite Our Best Intentions. A well-adjusted human being likely thrives due to a set of positive daily habits that support their physical, mental and emotional wellness. Most of us have a good idea…

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