An Unexpected Tipping Point
The pedal bike may have reached the end of its evolutionary path. That's maybe a shocking thing to say, but consider that almost no meaningful design advances have been made…
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Robot’s Useless Reviews – Chunder
Chunder is a Bro term that describes loose rocky, technical terrain. A trail might have a lot of chunder on it or even be 'chunderous.' The etymology may include the words…
Video – Seeking Perfection – Emil Johansson
Here we have a unique pairing, Emil Johansson a technically superior slopestyle mountain biker, and the sort of film making equipment that can turn all the tropes of your…
TCI Friday – False Dichotomies
The human mind loves contrasts, light and dark, left and right, here and there. Digital. We deal far less well with shades of gray, despite the world we live being little…
The Last Rider & the 1989 Tour de France
Churchill (might have) said, "History is written by the victors." I doubt sincerely he had bike races in mind, but I think the truism holds. Most American people understand…
Video – Missy Giove
People who weren't paying attention remember Missy Giove for the big pot bust she was caught up in after she stopped riding fulltime, and that's a shame, because there was a…
TCI Friday – New Adventures
One of the nice things about January is that the whole year looks like possibility still, a blank canvas to project dreams and goals onto. Even if you've had an inauspicious…
Freestyle: King of the Fells
I love to run up hills. I know, it's a weird thing to say. If the weather is cold, and the hill is steep, I love it even more. There's something about landscapes like these…
TCI Friday – Your Ideal Bike
To love something is sometimes to be dissatisfied with it. You get a sense that the object of your love could be better, if only it could change in the ways that seem obvious…