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…
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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…
Grammering
There was no announcement. We never agreed. At some point the pace just went up, and I found myself at the (off the) back. A long, straight stretch of dirt and someone got…
A Useful Review – The Defeet Wooleator 5″ D-Logo
When I talk about the DeFeet Wooleator 5” D-Logo sock, I am talking specifically about the charcoal gray version, and here’s why: I prefer my cycling stuff to do double,…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Panniers
A pannier is a hot Italian sandwich, filled with all sorts of impossible fresh ingredients, that's been pressed in a very special appliance made just for that purpose. A…
Revolting 25
The Tour of France. This episode is about the Tour of France’s influence on cycling and us as cyclists. I know. I know. We broke down and talked about bikes for a change. As…
TCI Friday
TCI Friday works best when you chime in, in the comments below.
I felt attacked, and I got defensive. My wife sat at the kitchen counter across from her mother. I had just…
Video – North Shore Betty
This short film from Patagonia fills me with joy and admiration. It's the story of Betty Birrell, a pioneering mountain biker and all-around bad ass still getting after it at…
Be F*#ing Cheerful
It’s a tall goddamned order, being cheerful, but what are you going to do? Sulk around all the time? Make everyone else miserable? Make yourself miserable? Left to my own…