Environmentalism Re-mixed
Humans are not good at large-scale collective effort. We are selfish and short-sighted by design. We struggle to understand proper scale and are prone to dismissing our own,…
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The Siren Song of Suffering
I wouldn't have said I'm this kind of guy, the try-hard, the Type A. I'm not. I'm not. I think instead I've fallen prey to the siren song of suffering, the idea that, unless…
A Useful Review – The Kuat Sherpa 2.0 Rack
I rode with some friends this morning and one asked me what I thought of my rack, a Kuat Sherpa 2.0. I said, “Man, I love this rack,” which is the first time I’ve articulated…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – This Blood
My apologies to the squeamish, but as bike riders, I suspect we are mostly used to stuff like this. It's also worth point out that I pinged Stevil as I was working on this. I…
Revolting 26
I See You Are Also Wearing a Black T-Shirt. This episode is about t-shirts. If that seems dumb to you, then clearly, you’ve not listened to this podcast before. As it turns…
Zooming In
I don't remember a lot about the first hour. We'd been side-by-side on a stretch of old rail bed, one of the few corridors like it that hasn't been paved, moving at a…
TCI Friday
One of my stock bike jokes is this: Every year I like riding with one fewer companion than I did the year before, and last year I was at two. That makes me sound much…
Video – Beyond the Binary
Shimano North America sponsors our site, and that's a nice thing. As our readership grows, our subscriber base grows too, and between the two we're able to begin to fulfill…
Paceline Podcast 285
This week John is trying to learn new (and possibly better) ways to ride a mountain bike, and Patrick is sick and ruminating on all the days he spent trying to get faster…
On Skill and Technique
If you listen to today's Paceline you'll hear about my current project, learning to handle my new mountain bike with flat pedals rather than clipless. It's a new bike, so…