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Revolting 219

Robot and Stevil
It’s Raining Bowling Balls. Life, like the weather, is pretty unpredictable. And sometimes, no matter how ready you are, the feces strikes the fan. In those moments, what are you gonna do? No.…
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Video – Mountain of Hell

Padraig
Prior to the advent of fat bikes, riding on the snow was much more an oddity, an exception. Racing in the snow, is ... amazing. This is the Mountain of Hell three-day enduro held at Les Deux Alpes.…
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Paceline Podcast 455

Padraig
Stress does funny things to us. It can make us sleepy, irritable, drive us to drink or use other intoxicants. And the number it can play on our cardiovascular system, by hijacking our pulse and blood…
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The Protected Heart

Padraig
A cold wind blew off the Hudson River and into our faces. Even as I buried myself within the pack of 80 or so riders, I could feel the damp air move through the pack like water through fork tines. We…
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The Interruptor

Padraig
I’ve had several conversations in the past six months or so with cyclists who have had life get in the way of their riding. The reasons have been all over the map: travel—both work and for…
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Revolting 218

Robot and Stevil
The Shape of Self-Destructiveness to Come. To say that we are our own worst enemies is to discount the ignorant hatred roiling the world at the present moment, BUT we can only control what we can…
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TCIF: Rain Rides

Padraig
A couple days ago I finished my day's work, got changed and headed out for a ride. Unremarkable, right? Not quite. It was pouring rain. And in the 50s. Yes, I wore thermal bibs, because duh. …

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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 455

Padraig
Stress does funny things to us. It can make us sleepy, irritable, drive us to drink or use other intoxicants. And the number it can play on our cardiovascular system, by hijacking our pulse and blood…

Page One

Page One

Video – Mountain of Hell

Padraig
Prior to the advent of fat bikes, riding on the snow was much more an oddity, an exception. Racing in the snow, is ... amazing. This is the Mountain of Hell three-day enduro held at Les Deux Alpes.…
Page One

Revolting 217

Robot and Stevil
Just Jibber Jabber. Sometimes you have a whole podcast planned, but then you get talking with your friend, and you keep talking, and one thing leads to another, and you blaze right through the ad…
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Requiem for the Deep-Drop Handlebar

Padraig
When I was a relatively new roadie, and one who thought he knew more than he did, I fetishized the Cinelli 66 handlebar. The Cinelli 66 Campione del Mondo was often referred to the Merckx bar, one of…

Op-Ed

Op-Ed

The Protected Heart

Padraig
A cold wind blew off the Hudson River and into our faces. Even as I buried myself within the pack of 80 or so riders, I could feel the damp air move through the pack like water through fork tines. We…
Op-Ed

The Interruptor

Padraig
I’ve had several conversations in the past six months or so with cyclists who have had life get in the way of their riding. The reasons have been all over the map: travel—both work and for…

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Classified

Fit5 Pedals

Padraig
I've known a few folks who have had a Peloton, Stages indoor bike or Wahoo Kickr bike and experienced some, uh, familial unrest due to different riders using different pedals. Fit5 is a pedal that…
Classified

A Review: Wash and Polish?

Conner Burns
Washing your bike. Well, that is a big topic. I have broached it before. You can see that here. Today it is a review.  Of bike wash. One particular bike wash—Squirt Biodegradable Bike Cleaner. Yes,…

Talk

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Revolting 219

Robot and Stevil
It’s Raining Bowling Balls. Life, like the weather, is pretty unpredictable. And sometimes, no matter how ready you are, the feces strikes the fan. In those moments, what are you gonna do? No.…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 455

Padraig
Stress does funny things to us. It can make us sleepy, irritable, drive us to drink or use other intoxicants. And the number it can play on our cardiovascular system, by hijacking our pulse and blood…
Talk

Revolting 218

Robot and Stevil
The Shape of Self-Destructiveness to Come. To say that we are our own worst enemies is to discount the ignorant hatred roiling the world at the present moment, BUT we can only control what we can…

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