The Practice
I'm lucky to be both a rider and a writer. I have to be careful about enunciation, but the two pursuits feed each other. I didn't take up cycling to win bike races, I took up cycling to take up…
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Robot’s Useless Reviews – Turn Signals
I learned cycling turn signals sitting cross-legged (what the kids these days call 'crisscross applesauce') on the floor of the school library at a bicycle safety class in approximately 1980, the…
Introducing: Turtle Wandering
A good friend of The Cycling Independent, Elizabeth Allen, has started a really cool new video blog series called Turtle Wandering. In her words, this is the description:
"It is about the places…
Outspoken Cyclist 554
Guests: Alan Murchison; Bruce Hagen
Last week, I had probably one of the most interesting conversations ever about food and cycling.
To say that Alan Murchison, who is a Scottish…
Stoking the Fire
We've all been there. We look at the bike and see this thing that has occupied enough of our time to have resulted in a college degree. And no matter how much we love riding, there are those days…
TCI Friday
If you've been listening to our Paceline podcasts, you've heard me talk about some older bike gear, a Walz wool hat and a pair of SIDI mountain shoes, that I love, not only for how well they work,…
Answers From A Bottle
Dear Stevil,
What do you recommend I put in my bottles and body during long rides? And I have to know, what fuels you on rides?
Cheers,…
Paceline Podcast 241
This week John talks about beginning to put together a calendar of events that he will enter. He'll be fully vaccinated soon and the upshot is that he may actually have to get in shape.
Patrick…
Non-Zero Sum Gains
I have been thinking an awful lot about cycling advocacy and inclusivity. Why? Because I dream of a self-powered world, one in which all citizens glide around on a bicycle of one flavor or another. I…
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Introducing: Turtle Wandering
A good friend of The Cycling Independent, Elizabeth Allen, has started a really cool new video blog series called Turtle Wandering. In her words, this is the description:
"It is about the places…
Non-Zero Sum Gains
I have been thinking an awful lot about cycling advocacy and inclusivity. Why? Because I dream of a self-powered world, one in which all citizens glide around on a bicycle of one flavor or another. I…
A Year of Shelter
Life changed for us 365 days ago. I doubt you or anyone you know would have been willing to guess that the life you're living today was even possible. It was certainly beyond my imagination, and I…
What We Would Say
I chose cycling because it's the only time I don't feel like a klutz.I chose cycling because I can't stick the ball. I chose cycling because I didn't play team sports.I chose cycling because I'm…
We Need You On This Ride
I'll be brief.
Our primary goal at The Cycling Independent is to make our community as large as we possibly can. Part of that is selfish. We can't continue without your financial support. This is…
Editor’s Letter
Right now you might be thinking, "How can this be an editor’s letter on a website? This isn't print!"
You very well should be thinking that because we’re not just another website with a bunch of…
The Cycling Independent: a Statement of Purpose
The way I tell the story, my love of magazines, of periodic publications, began with Skateboarder Magazine in 1977, but that’s not actually true. I can trace it further back, to Boy’s…
New York to Provincetown
A single day can feel like a month. Processing a massive ride afterwards is like staring at a Salvador Dali painting. Fifty miles dissolves into a blurry moment.
Turns out it took a village…
Outspoken Cyclist 554
Guests: Alan Murchison; Bruce Hagen
Last week, I had probably one of the most interesting conversations ever about food and cycling.
To say that Alan Murchison, who is a Scottish…
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Introducing: Turtle Wandering
A good friend of The Cycling Independent, Elizabeth Allen, has started a really cool new video blog series called Turtle Wandering. In her words, this is the description:
"It is about the places…
Non-Zero Sum Gains
I have been thinking an awful lot about cycling advocacy and inclusivity. Why? Because I dream of a self-powered world, one in which all citizens glide around on a bicycle of one flavor or another. I…
Vertically Compliant
In your head you just followed the title of this post with, "and torsionally stiff," I'm betting. You may have rolled your eyes as you did it. If there is one more cliched phrase used in bike…
Op-Ed
The Practice
I'm lucky to be both a rider and a writer. I have to be careful about enunciation, but the two pursuits feed each other. I didn't take up cycling to win bike races, I took up cycling to take up…
Stoking the Fire
We've all been there. We look at the bike and see this thing that has occupied enough of our time to have resulted in a college degree. And no matter how much we love riding, there are those days…
TCI Friday
If you've been listening to our Paceline podcasts, you've heard me talk about some older bike gear, a Walz wool hat and a pair of SIDI mountain shoes, that I love, not only for how well they work,…
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Robot’s Useless Reviews – Turn Signals
I learned cycling turn signals sitting cross-legged (what the kids these days call 'crisscross applesauce') on the floor of the school library at a bicycle safety class in approximately 1980, the…
Kickstarters We Dig
In the time I've spent spelunking the depths of Kickstarter (as well as Indiegogo) I've found that I can categorize a majority of the products I've encountered in two broad categories. Whether they…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Mikey, the Life Cereal Kid
Mikey didn't like anything. And can you blame him? It was the '70s and '80s. What was there to like? His parents were wearing bell bottoms and listening to disco. He feared imminent vaporization by…
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Outspoken Cyclist 554
Guests: Alan Murchison; Bruce Hagen
Last week, I had probably one of the most interesting conversations ever about food and cycling.
To say that Alan Murchison, who is a Scottish…
Paceline Podcast 241
This week John talks about beginning to put together a calendar of events that he will enter. He'll be fully vaccinated soon and the upshot is that he may actually have to get in shape.
Patrick…
Outspoken Cyclist 553
Guests: Jon Biemer; Javier Sanchez; Dennis Markatos_Soriano
You might remember that, two weeks ago, we spoke with members of the Business Climate Leaders organization about the…