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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…
Llamas, Donkeys and Sage
The Wuanita loop in Saguache (“Saw–watch”) County, Colorado was my third bikepack, but my first without the handholding provided by a 2021 “Bikepacking 101 Course” offered by…
Video: 1996 Classique des Alpes
From 1991 to 2004, immediately before the Criterium du Dauphiné, there was a one-day race, a kind of modern classic (think on that for a moment) held in Southeast France,…
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,…
Paceline Podcast 419
Here we are, five years down the road from the lockdown, and the bike world is still in a state of flux. John wonders how shops might evolve their business model to survive.…
either / or
If you are currently reading, and enjoy this site, my guess is that you enjoy the bike. Duhhh, you say? Well, I know not everyone reading this rides a bike, but I also…
Ebullition/Doubt 22: Spectacular Noggin Revelations
We discussed eyewear previously and now we are going to look (see what I did there?) into it related factors. I plan to delve into sports eyewear challenges while, uh… (looks…
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…
A Letter from the Editors
It's been a long week. Already.
If you tried to reach us last Saturday, Sunday or Monday, you likely received a stark security warning from Google that the site harbored…