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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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Memphis Alternative Vehicle Code

Padraig
I've ridden a great many places in my time. They all have their quirks. In Western Massachusetts, the farmers love to sit 3-6 feet behind a rider or group and honk periodically. In Pisa, the drivers…
Talk

Revolting 233

Robot and Stevil
Support This Podcast The Pros and Cons of Being Alive. We’ve both been alive for more than half-a-century now, and that means we know stuff. We know what’s good about it, and we know what’s less…
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Paceline Podcast 469

Padraig
Fresh off his adventure at Unbound, 2015 race champion Yuri Hauswald shares his experience with his different take on the race this year, called Chase the Race, in which the Gravel Hall of Famer…
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Hot Take: Bikes Are Ugly

Emlyn Lewis
Yes. I know. You love your bike. You gaze lovingly at it when you're not riding it. You likely also feel this way about your, let's be honest, homely children. I get it. Your bicycle gives you a lot…
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Style

Padraig
When I was a skateboarder, back during the era of shows like Three's Company, we talked constantly about the style of the great skaters of the era. From Stacy Peralta to Tony Alva, we gleaned all we…
Talk

Revolting 232

Robot and Stevil
Lightning Strikes Thrice. We’ve been doing a bad job of getting to the topic each week, which leaves you without the deep and wise words that you come here for. Instead of correcting our behavior and…
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Paceline Podcast 468

Padraig
Do you have a favorite bike event you've done? What made it special? This week Lori and Patrick talk their favorite events and why they did them on a recurring basis. Caladryl Clear …

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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,…
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Paceline Podcast 469

Padraig
Fresh off his adventure at Unbound, 2015 race champion Yuri Hauswald shares his experience with his different take on the race this year, called Chase the Race, in which the Gravel Hall of Famer…

Page One

Page One

Memphis Alternative Vehicle Code

Padraig
I've ridden a great many places in my time. They all have their quirks. In Western Massachusetts, the farmers love to sit 3-6 feet behind a rider or group and honk periodically. In Pisa, the drivers…
Page One

Paceline Podcast 469

Padraig
Fresh off his adventure at Unbound, 2015 race champion Yuri Hauswald shares his experience with his different take on the race this year, called Chase the Race, in which the Gravel Hall of Famer…
Page One

Hot Take: Bikes Are Ugly

Emlyn Lewis
Yes. I know. You love your bike. You gaze lovingly at it when you're not riding it. You likely also feel this way about your, let's be honest, homely children. I get it. Your bicycle gives you a lot…

Op-Ed

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…
Op-Ed

Because Bikes: Duty

Padraig
We rounded a bend that the map said was a sure-fire exit from Monte Carlo to a coastal road that would run to Nice. My group numbered six, maybe seven riders—I no longer recall exactly because…

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Talk

Talk

Revolting 233

Robot and Stevil
Support This Podcast The Pros and Cons of Being Alive. We’ve both been alive for more than half-a-century now, and that means we know stuff. We know what’s good about it, and we know what’s less…
Talk

Revolting 232

Robot and Stevil
Lightning Strikes Thrice. We’ve been doing a bad job of getting to the topic each week, which leaves you without the deep and wise words that you come here for. Instead of correcting our behavior and…
Talk

Revolting 231

Robot and Stevil
The Princesses and the Peas. Even on our best days we encounter annoyances, dumb little things that threaten to send us into a blind rage. A pebble in the shoe. An ingrown hair. Tax prep. The voices…

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