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In 2025, I started meditating. It's a thing I'd attempted many times before but was never able to stick with. I could never shake the feeling that I was doing it wrong, that…

Our intrepid correspondent George Mount has seen it all. We suspect that he has re-brazed a fork during a ride. He has shared with us his recollection of all that he used to…

Do you have a pre-ride routine? You should. I am not talking about the – drink XX ounces of Beet Juice with XXX extract for performance. Not that you cannot add…

I have hesitated to write anything about the economic state of the bike business lately, for two reasons. First, most of our readers aren't that interested. They wanna ride…

In the superlative-heavy world of bicycle marketing there are two words a copywriter tries to avoid, and those words are 'heavy' and 'compliant.' Take those crayons out of…

Conformity. How important is it to fit in? John wonders what we gain through conformity and whether the effort results in sufficient reward. Patrick takes a look at a looming…

Cycling Infrastructure. What exactly does that mean? Or include? Is that bike paths, bike trails, parking facilities, access to bikes? I believe all are important. Add to it…

Let’s not call this a product review. I will also refrain from denoting it as a “Dirtbag Digression” despite there being some aroma of dirtbaggery. Nonetheless, I plan to…

Maybe it’s the empty goo packets I see scattered here and there, or maybe just the thought of goo in general, but I’ve never even tried the stuff. I’m sure I’d gag. I…

One of the delights in finding old Pathé videos is the bemused tone the narrator adopts in talking about the devices contained in the video. They aren't above a little…