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Revolting 246

Robot and Stevil
Sometimes You Just Have to Blow It Up. Nine days out of ten, we’re sleep walking, so it should come as no surprise when things get tragically off-course. Maybe it’s a relationship, maybe it’s a job,…
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The Pull: Richard Sachs

Padraig
I've been interviewing framebuilders since 1992, the first time I called Richard Sachs up on the phone for a piece for Richard Fries's wonderful regional rag, The Ride. My many interviews with…
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Hubris

Padraig
On five different occasions in the last week I’ve heard people use the term “hubris” to describe the actions of politicians, athletes, actors and tech bros. I was reminded of this piece I published…
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My First Mountain Bike Ride

Padraig
It the spring of 1989 I purchased a GT Avalanche through the bike shop I worked for. It had the new 7-speed Shimano Deore group with this brand-new shifting technology called Hyperglide. I'd ridden…
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Revolting 245

Robot and Stevil
You and Your Younger Self Walk Into a Bar. How much of the story that we tell ourselves is really true?  Were we really that cool, that rad or that fast?  Or have we spent the years telling ourselves…
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Paceline Podcast 481

Padraig
This week Lori and Patrick welcome Tom Boss, the Executive Director for the Redwood Trails Alliance, a mountain bike advocacy organization based in Sonoma County, California. Tom talks about the…
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The Limits of Good Faith

Padraig
"They just want you to buy the new stuff." We've seen the comments in social media, heard those words on rides and back when they were still a thing, read them in letters to the editor in magazines.…

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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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Hubris

Padraig
On five different occasions in the last week I’ve heard people use the term “hubris” to describe the actions of politicians, athletes, actors and tech bros. I was reminded of this piece I published…

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Poison or Cure?

Padraig
Here's a little secret I never tell non-cyclists: At times, the bike can be both the poison and the cure. I want to explore this, in part, because I and several people I know are suffering with a…
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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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Classified

A Useful Review: Dirt Baggies

Padraig
It seems unlikely that I sweat more than the average cyclist, but I have avoided baggy shorts for the simple reason that I've had issues with my skin becoming irritated because the baggies didn't…

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Revolting 246

Robot and Stevil
Sometimes You Just Have to Blow It Up. Nine days out of ten, we’re sleep walking, so it should come as no surprise when things get tragically off-course. Maybe it’s a relationship, maybe it’s a job,…
Talk

The Pull: Richard Sachs

Padraig
I've been interviewing framebuilders since 1992, the first time I called Richard Sachs up on the phone for a piece for Richard Fries's wonderful regional rag, The Ride. My many interviews with…
Talk

Revolting 245

Robot and Stevil
You and Your Younger Self Walk Into a Bar. How much of the story that we tell ourselves is really true?  Were we really that cool, that rad or that fast?  Or have we spent the years telling ourselves…

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