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John and Patrick talk creativity and cycling. John wonders if cycling really needs creativity, and Patrick asserts that because flow happens, creativity happens. …

This year's Tour de France goes to the legendary Hautacam climb on Stage 12. Many are expecting the race to blow up there. It's long and steep and attritional, tailor made…

Let's talk about what we feel when we ride a bicycle. The truth is what we feel isn’t necessarily what we’re experiencing. And if that sounds odd, let me start by giving you…

What do you eat on the bike? You have preferences? Let me be more specific – for a short ride? For a long ride? I started riding when all we had were bananas and…

‘Politics' as a general term describes the way groups make decisions about issues that affect that group. Some of this decision making is deliberative, as you might see in…

I think I'm pretty good at going downhill on a bike. As anecdotal evidence, my friends always send me down a steep, technical trail first (though in retrospect this might be…

Today the federal government announced it has rescinded protections on a whopping 59 million acres of National Forest land. These protections did many things, some great,…

“He’s so nervous avoiding all the questions.”  I took disco dance lessons in fifth grade. The above line was from a song in regular rotation. The ridiculousness of that…

It's less than two weeks from the Grand Departe in Lille for the start of the Tour de France 2025 on July 5th, and so here's a brief preview to orient you, in case you…

I've written before that you have to be prepared for change if you ride the forests of Oregon. You can head out one day and find an entire mountain on your route clear cut. …