Maureen Gaffney

Depending on where you live, and whether you ride off-road, you have likely (hopefully) noticed a change in trail-building in recent years. From design to the miles and…

As I have now mentioned on several occasions, I just moved to a new town. The most direct and obvious way to get to my new house is and has been obstructed by a detour since…

I have just moved to a new town. Moving to a new town is alternately magical and mortifying. Aside from the ferocious frustration of not being able to find the thing that…

We all have a vision of ourselves, the “kind of person” we are. Artsy, driven, meticulous, grounded. Free-spirited, focused, trustworthy. And if you don’t know what kind of…

Don’t you hate it when…. Riding bikes is awesome. But still, shit doth happen. Clipping In. Or not. I’ve been riding clipped in since forever and I wouldn’t have it…

This past July, I elected myself and a good friend for the TransAlp—a seven-day mountain bike stage race from Austria to Italy. 308 miles, 57,000 feet of climbing. If you do…

Have you heard of a new long-distance trail in the works from just north of the Golden Gate Bridge all the way to Eureka? It’s called the Great Redwood Trail (GRT), and it…

It’s ok if you don’t know your top tube from your chainstay. Your derailleur from your bottom bracket. And it is certainly ok if you still can’t figure out high vs. low gear…

Do you ever get tired of riding? Maybe even wish some external force would come along and impose a break (but not that kind of break)? Yeah, me neither. Riding is my thing. I…

The conversation in my head while riding Bull Run last weekend in Moab was dawdling along something like this:  “I’m riding really well. I’m gonna try to keep it mellow,…