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The Lemonade Stand
I should have read the signs the night before, when Fez suggested riding later in the morning and closer to home. If I'd followed that thread and joined that ride, I would!-->…
Video – 2023 Giro Donne
Annemiek van Vleuten is retiring at the end of this season, and you could forgive her if she just used the 2023 races as a victory lap on one of the great all-time pro!-->…
Rolling Car Outs
By now you're aware that the Earth's atmosphere is heating at an alarming rate due to an excess of carbon dioxide, the byproduct of more or less every energy burning!-->…
A Force for Good
Historically, I’ve been critical of the bike industry for virtually everything, for the too fast pace of innovation, for the narrow approach to that innovation. Kinda for!-->…
Hey, Just Ride 37
From the moment my feet left Mother Earth to hop onto a bike for the first ride, that sensation of launching into adventure became etched into my essence forever.
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The Beater Bike
My gateway into adult cycling was a Trek Antelope 800 I bought my sophomore year in college. This was nominally an entry level mountain bike, but I used it exclusively as an!-->…
Hey, Just Ride 36
I spent five years riding on 20-inchers and 16-inchers.
Yes, as an adult.
I’m not talking BMX, either.
OK, so I spent a whole summer riding a unicycle as a teenager,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
A Bad Ride, A Good Adventure
The sign read "BRIDGE OUT," and two tall, orange traffic cones blocked the way. Google Maps flickered and rerouted to a dirt road off to the right. This dirt road had a name,!-->…
ASMR
Tires susurrating against fresh pavement, crunching through real gravel, crackling through dead leaves. The wah-wah-wah of a knobby on asphalt. The whiz and whirl of the!-->…
Hey, Just Ride 35
My mind’s calendar flips through memories like a Vegas blackjack dealer shuffling two decks when I’m on my bike. The years slip by like miles in the middle of a Century.
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