Fetishizing Refinement
A flash back: I'm at home. On the couch. The kids are in bed. The wife is watching TV. I'm combing through eBay's endless stupidity for things I don't need and probably won't…
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Video – Merckx
Mark Cavendish won his 35th Tour de France stage during this year's event, passing Eddie Merckx as the biggest ever stage winner. There is an odd feeling that in some way,…
Aunque la Mona
My fitness is a bird in hand. It twitches and frets and wants to fly free. I hold it, while I can, but I know I have to let it go, to fly or roost, to feed on whatever scraps…
Video – Jumping Over the Tour de France
You might have seen this. It went viral. At first, I thought, "Yeah, bro. Good one." But then as I thought harder about it, I thought, "Hell yes." This is exactly the sort of…
A Useful Review – Wolf Tooth Supple Bar Tape
Wolf Tooth Supple Bar Tape is 5mm thick. Yes, you heard that right, 5mm thick. This stuff is a love seat for your hands. There’s an argument to be made that sometimes too…
Women’s Giro d’Italia – Three Takeaways
It's over. Elisa Longo Borghini defied (my) expectations and closed out her Giro win on Stage 8 with a dominating performance to distance the incredibly powerful Lotte…
Video – Josh Lewis Orange Section
The riding in this video is dumb, and that's why I love it. For the most part, the mountain bike short edit form is dead. Brandon Semenuk killed it. And now we're just seeing…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Gojo
GOJO is a pumice infused hand cleaner, basically soap on PEDs. It has a natural orange scent. If you would like to clean your hands, perhaps after doing some light bicycle…
Video – Ladies Night
Here's what it's about. Riding with friends on the regular. Pushing each other. Encouraging each other. Making fun of each other. Having tons of fun.
These ladies have…
The Missing Cyclists
There are too many of them to put on a poster or on the side of a milk carton. And it's not that they were taken, or that they ran away, it's that they never existed. And…