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A Useful Review: Cremo Shave Cream

Padraig
Think back to olden times, when Lance Armstrong was still beloved and gravel bikes hadn't been invented. I'm thinking especially of that era when Rapha could put their name on a pair of shoelaces and…
Op-Ed

Poison or Cure?

Padraig
Here's a little secret I never tell non-cyclists: At times, the bike can be both the poison and the cure. I want to explore this, in part, because I and several people I know are suffering with a…
Talk

Revolting 242

Robot and Stevil
You can pick your nose, and you can pick your music, but can you pick your friend’s nose music? We’ve already named around 500 great albums for you to listen to, but do you even lift, bro? I mean,…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 477

Padraig
The Poison or the Cure? Lori and Patrick examine how sometimes the bike is a great way to recover from an injury, but sometimes it can be the cause of the injury itself. And other times, our…
Talk

Revolting 241

Robot and Stevil
A Typewriter, a Telephone, a Silver-Plated Whistle. If the phrase ‘sentimental value’ means anything to you, then you are one of the very many humans who have invested an everyday object with value…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 476

Padraig
This week Lori and Patrick welcome Justin England, the CRO of The Pro's Closet, the largest used-bike marketplace on the Internet. Now in its 20th year, Justin joined TPC 17 years ago on his exit…
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Democratizing Fit

Padraig
When I discuss bike fit with someone, I stress that proper fit does several things, not one. Bike fit is generally pitched as improving a rider's comfort, period, end of statement. Honestly? That's a…

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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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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,…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 477

Padraig
The Poison or the Cure? Lori and Patrick examine how sometimes the bike is a great way to recover from an injury, but sometimes it can be the cause of the injury itself. And other times, our…

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A Useful Review: Cremo Shave Cream

Padraig
Think back to olden times, when Lance Armstrong was still beloved and gravel bikes hadn't been invented. I'm thinking especially of that era when Rapha could put their name on a pair of shoelaces and…

Op-Ed

Op-Ed

Poison or Cure?

Padraig
Here's a little secret I never tell non-cyclists: At times, the bike can be both the poison and the cure. I want to explore this, in part, because I and several people I know are suffering with a…
Op-Ed

Hot Take: Bikes Are Too Good Now

Emlyn Lewis
I just wanted to crack the passenger side window, like one-and-a-half cranks of the old lever that did the job when you could actually "roll down the window." But we don't roll the window down…

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Talk

Talk

Revolting 242

Robot and Stevil
You can pick your nose, and you can pick your music, but can you pick your friend’s nose music? We’ve already named around 500 great albums for you to listen to, but do you even lift, bro? I mean,…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 477

Padraig
The Poison or the Cure? Lori and Patrick examine how sometimes the bike is a great way to recover from an injury, but sometimes it can be the cause of the injury itself. And other times, our…
Talk

Revolting 241

Robot and Stevil
A Typewriter, a Telephone, a Silver-Plated Whistle. If the phrase ‘sentimental value’ means anything to you, then you are one of the very many humans who have invested an everyday object with value…

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