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A canopy of skyscraper Sitka Spruce reaches across the road toward each other as if I entered a calm, silent cathedral as I wind uphill through the thick rain forest heading…

What does the bike give us? Health, a sense of well-being, community, connection to nature, thrills, confidence, challenge, adventure. And who needs those things? Well,…

By John Rezell High noon in Idaho’s West Mountains the baking summer sun sends the temperature soaring to triple digits as I settle into a steady rhythm climbing a nearly…

Look, it doesn't matter, and I like it that way. You try something. You fail. You try again. At my age, they're not handing out a lot of trophies, and even if they were,…

I think this one will probably trigger some people, but I'm posting it because, on some level, I get what this guy is saying, and just watching him ride you get a sense of a…

This being a cycling site, we are bound to talk about aerobic fitness from time to time, and as Robot brought up our aerobic engines on a recent episode of The Paceline, I'm…

They say that in war, the victors write the history, but I'm not sure that's confined to war. Ask any dyslexic kid, any "weird" kid, anyone who maybe doesn't conform the way…

THUMP-bump! THUMP-bump! THUMP-bump! THUMP-bump! My highly-elevated heart-rate pounded vehemently in my head, my temples throbbing and my eyes stinging from being popped so…

In the 45 or so years I've been riding bikes, I've ridden a hell of a lot more than some people and a hell of a lot less than some others. I've been writing about bikes for…

Deep in the grips of a Wisconsin winter when summer feels an eternity away, the daydreamers emerge from their hibernation and gaze off into space. That trance hits…