Op-Ed

Patrick and I were talking on yesterday's Paceline about buying a bike for a kid. I'm in the process of getting my 16-year-old, who has outgrown his current bike, a new set…

I'm lucky to be both a rider and a writer. I have to be careful about enunciation, but the two pursuits feed each other. I didn't take up cycling to win bike races, I took up…

We've all been there. We look at the bike and see this thing that has occupied enough of our time to have resulted in a college degree. And no matter how much we love riding,…

If you've been listening to our Paceline podcasts, you've heard me talk about some older bike gear, a Walz wool hat and a pair of SIDI mountain shoes, that I love, not only…

Dear Stevil, What do you recommend I put in my bottles and body during long rides? And I have to know, what fuels you on rides? Cheers,…

There was a time in my cycling life when I wanted to burrow as deep into the culture as I could, the inside jokes, the inside knowledge, looking just right, knowing all the…

I was as new as a kid in diapers. Cycling was easy. I climbed on and I pedaled. I changed gears when the pedaling was too hard or too easy. Everything was obvious as hunger.…

There is an argument to be made that I was never really in the loop. Despite working in the industry for more than a decade, I've always tucked myself away in a far corner.…

I'd just finished my first time trial and, standing near the finish, waiting to hear my time, I chatted with friends and compared notes on the handful of rolling hills, the…

A brand is an idea, an extension of a company's ideals, that gets projected out into the market/world, tested for truth over time, and in positive cases, can serve as a sort…