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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…
Talk

Revolting Takes a Week Off

Robot and Stevil
Friends, we're sorry to let you down. We know you like to kick off your week with an hour of circular conversation that shouts out people you don't know and music you don't want to listen to, but…
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Blackberry Season

Padraig
As a young person, August loomed as only decline can. The beginning of the end of summer. These were the days as a grade schooler I stayed out as possible, dreading the call of my mother:…
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Video – The Bicycle Man

Emlyn Lewis
Sometimes I like to take a break from cynicism and misanthropy and remind myself that there are genuinely good people among us. Jethro Mann was one of them. Have a nice Friday. …
Talk

Paceline Podcast 478

Padraig
What's it like to be a travel writer—not just a travel writer, but one who focuses on cycling? Lori and Patrick are joined by Alex Crevar, a New York Times contributor who specializes in stories…
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A Useful Review: Cremo Shave Cream

Padraig
Think back to olden times, when Lance Armstrong was still beloved and gravel bikes hadn't been invented. I'm thinking especially of that era when Rapha could put their name on a pair of shoelaces and…
Op-Ed

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…
Talk

Revolting 242

Robot and Stevil
You can pick your nose, and you can pick your music, but can you pick your friend’s nose music? We’ve already named around 500 great albums for you to listen to, but do you even lift, bro? I mean,…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 477

Padraig
The Poison or the Cure? Lori and Patrick examine how sometimes the bike is a great way to recover from an injury, but sometimes it can be the cause of the injury itself. And other times, our…

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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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Video – The Bicycle Man

Emlyn Lewis
Sometimes I like to take a break from cynicism and misanthropy and remind myself that there are genuinely good people among us. Jethro Mann was one of them. Have a nice Friday. …

Page One

Page One

Blackberry Season

Padraig
As a young person, August loomed as only decline can. The beginning of the end of summer. These were the days as a grade schooler I stayed out as possible, dreading the call of my mother:…
Page One

Video – The Bicycle Man

Emlyn Lewis
Sometimes I like to take a break from cynicism and misanthropy and remind myself that there are genuinely good people among us. Jethro Mann was one of them. Have a nice Friday. …
Page One

A Useful Review: Cremo Shave Cream

Padraig
Think back to olden times, when Lance Armstrong was still beloved and gravel bikes hadn't been invented. I'm thinking especially of that era when Rapha could put their name on a pair of shoelaces and…

Op-Ed

Op-Ed

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…
Op-Ed

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…

Classified

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…

Talk

Talk

Revolting Takes a Week Off

Robot and Stevil
Friends, we're sorry to let you down. We know you like to kick off your week with an hour of circular conversation that shouts out people you don't know and music you don't want to listen to, but…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 478

Padraig
What's it like to be a travel writer—not just a travel writer, but one who focuses on cycling? Lori and Patrick are joined by Alex Crevar, a New York Times contributor who specializes in stories…
Talk

Revolting 242

Robot and Stevil
You can pick your nose, and you can pick your music, but can you pick your friend’s nose music? We’ve already named around 500 great albums for you to listen to, but do you even lift, bro? I mean,…

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