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Hey, Just Ride 8

Despite forecasts of relentless rain for the weekend, blue skies glow through a long sun break as I roll to a stop along the Middle Fork Trail amid the roar of runoff rushing…

The NICA Miracle

I signed my 13-year-old, Philip, up for the middle school program of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, also known as NICA. Now, I’m not the dad who is the…

Video – Camp Loops

I became aware of the Women's Freeride Movement via friend and TCI contributor Christina Sinkovec. Cursory research turned up this little nugget of riding joy. Here's a group…

Things Just Got Harder

The truth is important. I believe that. Truth is the basis of trust, and trust is the foundation of a sense of safety and security. Also, the truth has taken a real beating…

Road Mode

In road mode, I am constantly checking my shoulder to make sure my companion(s) are on my wheel and in good order. Simultaneously, I am scanning our path for manhole covers,…

Hey, Just Ride 7

Rounding a slight bend in the logging road miles from anywhere and anyone in Oregon’s Coastal Range, gravel crunching beneath my mountain bike’s fat knobby tires, a movement…

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…

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