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This summer I took a leap of faith. Multiple leaps, in fact. The first leap came from a desire to expand my BMX skills into the dirt jumping realm, so I signed up for a…

As gravel racing becomes an established category on the calendar, its success or failure will depend on how entertaining it is. Maybe the most legendary race in the world…

The first time I heard the expression 'sense of urgency,' it was from the assistant manager at Tex-Mex joint I was bussing tables in during high school. He suggested that…

My friend Fez said, "You have a solid ability to turn a ride around at the right time," by which he meant that I am good at making decisions about how far is far enough, but…

Raising two daughters in Oregon we hiked. A lot. Despite my wife and I constantly stealing a few hours here and a few hours there to get out on our bikes, our daughters…

There is a crazy stretch of trail through the center of my town. The surface is paved, but badly. The boulders are huge and most of them are moving at erratic speeds. The…

Justin Williams is fast. He's also charismatic. When you're fast and charismatic, people in cycling listen to you, and Williams has a lot to say. There is style and substance…

There is a theory of the universe's beginning and end (sort of) called the Big Bounce. For those of you familiar with the Big Bang, the Big Bounce posits that just as our…

Introducing new columnist John Rezell, Johnnie Raz if you're friends. Raz has a background and a history, but as you'll read. It's not at all what you think. So this is…

I like bikes. I like mountain bikes; I like road bikes. As noted previously on this very website, I even like tandem bikes. I always enjoyed the Sea Otter Bicycle Expo in…