TCI Friday
I stopped, because we all stopped maybe. I'm not sure why we stopped. When grambling, you don't need a great reason to stop, because stopping is just part of it. Also, the more people you have along,…
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A Line In The Dirt: Intentional Love of Movement
Hello again, this is the second installment of my column, A Line in the Dirt, I’m Troy and I thank you for tuning in. My life has been like riding in Derby, Tasmania, recently: heavy duty terrain,…
Paceline Podcast 246
The show is back now that Patrick has returned from his visit to Memphis. John takes on the subject of gravel riding and where it may go next. Could Redbull get interested in gravel racing? Should…
Orange Seal: Pedaling Nomads
Meet Cole Paton and Savilia Blunk at the start of their racing seasons during the first US Cup MTB race in Fayetteville, Arkansas. They did great, with Cole earning a pair of wins in both the…
Gravel Think: Sportful Supergiara Bib Shorts
In the past year or so, I’ve reviewed a number of Sportful products, in part because they are so good, and honestly, in part because they aren’t that well known here in the States. I’ve been very…
Solo Work – Off Canvas
I came upon an old woman pushing her bike. We were near the place where the secondary bike path, the one most people don’t use, turns into a trail. We were the only ones out this far, and the houses…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – This Stupid Pump
This stupid pump is not going to inflate this stupid tire. I'm not sure who designed the head on this thing, but it is not going to clamp the valve stem and even if it manages to clamp the valve…
New Dynaplug Artist Series
Dynaplug has added a fun update to its line through a collaboration with California cyclists and artists, NotChas and Squid Bikes. The new Meerkat Magic packaging and color accents represent…
TCI Friday
One of the things I do is advise people in the bike industry on topics of sales and marketing. I'm an advisor. Sometimes I create "content" that serves the purposes of either selling or marketing.…
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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…
Orange Seal: Pedaling Nomads
Meet Cole Paton and Savilia Blunk at the start of their racing seasons during the first US Cup MTB race in Fayetteville, Arkansas. They did great, with Cole earning a pair of wins in both the…
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Solo Work – Off Canvas
I came upon an old woman pushing her bike. We were near the place where the secondary bike path, the one most people don’t use, turns into a trail. We were the only ones out this far, and the houses…
My (Not) Dirty Secret
What you are about to read may frighten and confuse you. It's ok. They're just words. Beyond that, only suggestions. That you will read these words on a site dedicated to cycling, to moving through…
Face First
The last time my wife, Sam, and I rode Porcupine Rim Trail in Moab was 22 years and 11 months ago. Back then, we were much fitter, a full suspension mountain bike was rare, and the trail was very…
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TCI Friday
I stopped, because we all stopped maybe. I'm not sure why we stopped. When grambling, you don't need a great reason to stop, because stopping is just part of it. Also, the more people you have along,…
A Line In The Dirt: Intentional Love of Movement
Hello again, this is the second installment of my column, A Line in the Dirt, I’m Troy and I thank you for tuning in. My life has been like riding in Derby, Tasmania, recently: heavy duty terrain,…
TCI Friday
One of the things I do is advise people in the bike industry on topics of sales and marketing. I'm an advisor. Sometimes I create "content" that serves the purposes of either selling or marketing.…
Classified
Gravel Think: Sportful Supergiara Bib Shorts
In the past year or so, I’ve reviewed a number of Sportful products, in part because they are so good, and honestly, in part because they aren’t that well known here in the States. I’ve been very…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – This Stupid Pump
This stupid pump is not going to inflate this stupid tire. I'm not sure who designed the head on this thing, but it is not going to clamp the valve stem and even if it manages to clamp the valve…
New Dynaplug Artist Series
Dynaplug has added a fun update to its line through a collaboration with California cyclists and artists, NotChas and Squid Bikes. The new Meerkat Magic packaging and color accents represent…
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Paceline Podcast 246
The show is back now that Patrick has returned from his visit to Memphis. John takes on the subject of gravel riding and where it may go next. Could Redbull get interested in gravel racing? Should…
Outspoken Cyclist 558
Guests: Clarice Lorenzini; Elli Sias
In an article she wrote for teamusa.org’s triathlon site on May 19th, Clarice Lorenzini says:
“I’m Clarice Lorenzini and I’m Here To Make A…
Paceline Podcast 245
This week Robot follows up on threads from several previous episodes. He'd like us to believe he's a short, bad human. We know that's not true; he's a robot.
Patrick takes on a listener…