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Because Bikes: Grit

Padraig
Of the many facets in my life that give me reason to feel gratitude, cycling keeps coming up for me. Who I was as a young person—deeply neurodivergent, madly intelligent and epically…
Op-Ed

For the Love of Bar Tape

Raymond Epstein
I like to think I am good at taping handlebars. Not pro-mechanic good—I don’t have the speed that comes from the muscle-memory developed from hours, days and years of wrapping bars, but my taping is…
Talk

Revolting 222

Robot and Stevil
Nature, Nurture, Geography, Chemistry, Luck. We are all bags of DNA and chemicals, raised in petri dishes, by decaying life forms in urban and suburban and ex-urban locales, saddled with genetic…
Page One

Video: We Are Cyclists

Padraig
We don't normally share content created by brands here. It isn't how we see our editorial mission. But. When I began working to build The Cycling Independent, I swore that I was going to do more to…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 458

Patrick Brady
Lori and Patrick take a look at the pros and cons of group rides and the reasons why or why not a rider might consider doing them, if they aren't already. Hint: They are believers. …
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…

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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,…
Page One

Video: We Are Cyclists

Padraig
We don't normally share content created by brands here. It isn't how we see our editorial mission. But. When I began working to build The Cycling Independent, I swore that I was going to do more to…

Page One

Page One

Video: We Are Cyclists

Padraig
We don't normally share content created by brands here. It isn't how we see our editorial mission. But. When I began working to build The Cycling Independent, I swore that I was going to do more to…
Page One

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…

Op-Ed

Op-Ed

Because Bikes: Grit

Padraig
Of the many facets in my life that give me reason to feel gratitude, cycling keeps coming up for me. Who I was as a young person—deeply neurodivergent, madly intelligent and epically…
Op-Ed

For the Love of Bar Tape

Raymond Epstein
I like to think I am good at taping handlebars. Not pro-mechanic good—I don’t have the speed that comes from the muscle-memory developed from hours, days and years of wrapping bars, but my taping is…

Classified

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 222

Robot and Stevil
Nature, Nurture, Geography, Chemistry, Luck. We are all bags of DNA and chemicals, raised in petri dishes, by decaying life forms in urban and suburban and ex-urban locales, saddled with genetic…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 458

Patrick Brady
Lori and Patrick take a look at the pros and cons of group rides and the reasons why or why not a rider might consider doing them, if they aren't already. Hint: They are believers. …
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.…

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