The Physical Politics of the Thing
‘Politics' as a general term describes the way groups make decisions about issues that affect that group. Some of this decision making is deliberative, as you might see in…
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Video – The World’s Best Descender
I think I'm pretty good at going downhill on a bike. As anecdotal evidence, my friends always send me down a steep, technical trail first (though in retrospect this might be…
A Useful Review – Levi’s XX Tech Chino Shorts
If I come across another pair of pants or shorts that "transitions seamlessly from the office to the trail," I'm gonna throw up in my own mouth. That said, I get it. We don't…
Tour de France Hommes – 2025 Preview
It's less than two weeks from the Grand Departe in Lille for the start of the Tour de France 2025 on July 5th, and so here's a brief preview to orient you, in case you…
Paceline Podcast 420
This week we have Tour de France preview. Who are the contenders for Yellow, Green, Polka and White Jerseys? Patrick finds flow on an eBike and wonders what that means, and…
A Horrible Sense of Belonging
Conformity. The pressure to fit in. And once we fit in, the pressure to stay there, evolving with the in-group’s ideas. If I rewind to the very beginning, the first days I…
Floating Zero
Where even is the bottom? I have looked. I have rooted around deep in the bucket of myself and never quite gotten there. Oh sure, I've emptied the bucket, bonked,…
Video – Frankenbiking
In 2001, the British write Martin Amis released a collection of essays entitled The War Against Cliche. In it he said, "To idealise: all writing is a campaign against cliche.…
Paceline 418
This week we talk about the bike industry's shortcomings and how riders are complicit in the nonsense. We also take a deep dive on vibration and how bikes deal with it, for…
Giro d’Italia 2025 – 5 Things
The Giro wound up yesterday with a processional into Rome and crowned an unexpected but very worthy winner in Simon Yates. This was a nearly perfect Giro, contested in every…