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Getting out of town for even the briefest respite seems to be part of the human condition just as much being a wage slave. Summer breaks came about in the mid 19th century…

Below Schweitzer lies yet another trail network, largely built and maintained by the Pend Oreille Pedalers, a mountain bike advocacy organization based in Sandpoint, Idaho.…

Mountain air. Somehow, desipte the changes in foliage, in latitude, elevation, governance or even moon phase, mountain air always seems to smell the same. It seems devoid of…

What is a half-truth? Isn’t it just a lie? Well, I must say I would agree with you, but follow me as I take you down a path of understanding. Of understanding how we are…

It's mid-August, which is late enough in the summer that we can deservedly think about the looming fall and the arrival of cyclocross. Even if I don't enter a single race,…

I wish I was a data guy. The (present and) future belong to data people. Data doesn't lie, except when it's made to. Data paints a clear picture, very little shading. It…

Last week I spoke about litter. Specifically, those ‘illegal dump sites’ that we find on the side of those quiet and beautiful side roads. I lamented the beautiful road that…

When first we meet a mountain bike we have only a limited vocabulary to communicate with it, just what we've been taught by our road bike maybe. Perhaps we bring some…

This is not really a review, but rather a series of observations and reports on my experience with a bike and its bits for the last year and a half. First, allow me to…

Please do not. The article should stop right here. Done. Period. No discussion desired. No discussion needed. Sadly, it is still a topic. Such a…