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Last year my friend Bob asked me if I wanted to work on a zine with him. The idea was to do a print piece for cyclists that wasn't about bikes, but about all the other things…

This week Patrick introduces the Paceline's new co-host Lori Barrett. Lori is a veteran of cycling, both in the industry and in racing and burns more energy in a day than…

UHHH, No. I am not speaking of the women’s roller derby player - Snot Rocket Science - talented as she may be. I am speaking of a term used in many sports.  Yes, an ‘abrupt’…

Desperately lost on a back road in Washington state with no cell reception to awaken my mapping app nor call my wife to figure out where she was and how we would ever…

It's July, which means it's Tour de France season, the single greatest month in cycling. With the news that Greg LeMond was finally presented the Congressional Gold Medal he…

One of the hallmarks of the Age of Anxiety* is that bad news, really the worst news, reaches you much more quickly and from a lot more places. A compounding issue is what I…

When I was in my mid 20’s I was in a locker room after an indoor workout. I was in there often and frequently with the same group of guys. They were ‘older than 60’. Nice…

I tell you, the bikes these days. How do you even understand them. As "bike nerds" have gotten nerdier, putting together more and more specialized (pun entirely intended)…

When I began reading about cycling, I devoured all of the magazines available to me, most of which focused on the road. It didn't take long to realize that my cycling habit…

I was determined to get a morning ride in. Weather be damned and damned it was. Still, I figured I could just do a lap and a half instead of my usual two at this park and…