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Video – Build It And They Will Come
Here's another one from our sponsors, Shimano. This one struck a chord for me, because I'm currently tangentially involved in a local effort to build a pump track and small!-->…
Falling Off
The accidents and injuries recounted here took place a long time ago. We're healed now, but we're different than before. I've been thinking more about this because I've been!-->…
Bikes Behaving Badly
There’s a Sisyphean task to being a writer bent on trying to use words to articulate the ineffable experience of riding a bike. As a reviewer I’ve often talked in fairly!-->…
Hey, Just Ride 6
For the most part Oregonians never allow weather to derail adventure. But every now and then, Mother Nature spits out a bit too much rain with the temperature just a pinch!-->…
Triangulation Strangulation
Here's an SAT question for you: C can ride, but not until 9. B wants in, but he's got a client call at 10. J is down for whatever time, but doesn't have a mountain bike. The!-->…
Video – L’Eroica 2022
Oh, Italy, cut it out. You're just too goddamned cute. For those unaware of L'Eroica, it's a sort of OG gravel event. Riders are required to ride period bicycles and!-->…
Dying to Get Home
Data science has made massive strides in the last decade. It's the evil magic that allows retailers to buttonhole you wherever you go, and the good magic that lets us!-->…
Hey, Just Ride 5
Growing up fourth in a family of five kids in the late ‘60s — the third boy, no less — my life pretty much revolved around hand-me-downs. Not so much in clothes, but rather!-->…
Better Than Our Nature’s Allow
Does riding a bike make me a better person? Not better that you. That's not what I'm suggesting, even if I have, on occasion, dabbled in self-righteousness. No. What I'm!-->…
Video – A Few Thousand Hours
Lachlan Morton is a different sort of pro cyclist. He takes on things that aren't races, or aren't races that most pros do. For example, last year he rode the entire Tour de!-->…