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Video: We Are Cyclists
We don't normally share content created by brands here. It isn't how we see our editorial mission. But. When I began working to build The Cycling Independent, I swore that I!-->…
Growing Pains, Faster Gains: Why Bike Fit Matters for Teens
I’ve spoken with coaches across several junior programs, and the concern is consistent. Not every rider—but enough to matter. Kids with cycling parents tend to land in a!-->…
An Ideal Fit
As I work with the aerodynamic fitting system AiRO, a consistent result is emerging: For improved aerodynamics on bikes with drop bars, raising the bar yields the result we!-->…
Taj Mihelich: Amazing Moments in Bicycle History, Part I
For those of you who listened to Lori and Patrick's interview with BMX god Taj Mihelich, he talked about his animation and art and we figured we would share some of his work.!-->…
Video – Mountain of Hell
Prior to the advent of fat bikes, riding on the snow was much more an oddity, an exception. Racing in the snow, is ... amazing. This is the Mountain of Hell three-day enduro!-->…
Revolting 217
Just Jibber Jabber. Sometimes you have a whole podcast planned, but then you get talking with your friend, and you keep talking, and one thing leads to another, and you blaze!-->…
Requiem for the Deep-Drop Handlebar
When I was a relatively new roadie, and one who thought he knew more than he did, I fetishized the Cinelli 66 handlebar. The Cinelli 66 Campione del Mondo was often referred!-->…
TCIF: Trust
We go through phases in life where on occasion we get served up the same topic repeatedly, sometimes for weeks on end. In my life, of late, trust has been a recurring theme:!-->…
TCIF—Comfort
Of the many occupations I've held in my life, I did not anticipate that bicycle fitting would be one that I would return to, nor that in doing so I would realize how much I!-->…
Because Bikes: Trust
Cycling has taught me about trust in a way nothing else has. That is, cycling taught me to trust, what real trust is. I’m thinking in particular about riding in a peloton!-->!-->!-->…