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Revolting 221

Robot and Stevil
This or That, and No Other. This week we’re just gonna play a fun little game that threatens to expose our weird preferences and wrong-headed ideas about what’s good and what is slightly less good.…
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Paceline Podcast 457

Padraig
Lori and Patrick talk cycling vacations and what draws their eye, as well as how riding through a landscape engages you with it. They look at some of the touring opportunities that have captured…
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An Ideal Fit

Padraig
As I work with the aerodynamic fitting system AiRO, a consistent result is emerging: For improved aerodynamics on bikes with drop bars, raising the bar yields the result we are looking for. That's…
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Revolting 220

Robot and Stevil
What It Is About the Thing. We have a pretty specific set of stuff we really like to participate in, and if you’ve listened for the last 219 hours, then you’re crystal clear on what those things…
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Paceline Podcast 456

Padraig
For those immersed in the world of BMX and/or freestyle riding, Taj Mihelich is an icon. Former World Champion and founder of the brands Terrible One and Fairdale Bicycles, Mihelich is also an…

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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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An Ideal Fit

Padraig
As I work with the aerodynamic fitting system AiRO, a consistent result is emerging: For improved aerodynamics on bikes with drop bars, raising the bar yields the result we are looking for. That's…
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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.…

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…
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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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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…

Talk

Talk

Revolting 221

Robot and Stevil
This or That, and No Other. This week we’re just gonna play a fun little game that threatens to expose our weird preferences and wrong-headed ideas about what’s good and what is slightly less good.…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 457

Padraig
Lori and Patrick talk cycling vacations and what draws their eye, as well as how riding through a landscape engages you with it. They look at some of the touring opportunities that have captured…
Talk

Revolting 220

Robot and Stevil
What It Is About the Thing. We have a pretty specific set of stuff we really like to participate in, and if you’ve listened for the last 219 hours, then you’re crystal clear on what those things…

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