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A Scam on 2 Wheels – The VanMoof X3
I should have known better. I broke one of my cardinal rules, and now I'm paying for it. I went online, did some cursory research, and then bought a VanMoof X3 eBike for!-->…
On Underbiking
Underbiking is the cycling equivalent of bringing a knife to a gun fight, or as my friend Bruce says, "bringing a butter knife to a knife fight." All of that violence aside,!-->…
Video – Brandon Semenuk RAW 100 Compilation
I watch a lot of slopestyle highlights videos, and so many of them are beautiful and inspiring. In my mind, though, no one rides a line like Brandon Semenuk. No one else!-->…
The Bucket of Truth
The first thing to know is that the bucket leaks. That's the first truth. Pour yourself into it. Give it everything you've got. It won't stay long. Evaporation is an issue.!-->…
To Burn Off the Madness
I'd been full of piss and vinegar the night before, but when I woke up, I felt as flat as a train track penny. The couch drew me in, and two cups of coffee did little to!-->…
Just To Be Alive
I know just enough about bikes to know that I don’t know s#*$ about bikes. And I don’t want the mountain of what I don’t know to ruin the truth of what I do know … which is I!-->…
Video – Becoming Ruby
I was aware of Brooklyn Bell as a backcountry skier, but this is the first time I've seen her mountain biking highlighted and gotten a deeper dive on her creative side.!-->…
Soloing
I came upon an old woman pushing her bike. We were near the place where the secondary bike path, the one most people don't use, turns into a trail. We were the only ones out!-->…
(Not) Soloing
After a lot of solo grambling, I found myself in front of Chapman’s house, one foot clipped in, the other on the road, standing there, waiting for the group to get itself!-->…
The Sympathy Bail and Flying Beta
New England mountain biking is low flow. Even where someone has "designed" a trail, you don't find lengths of fast, flowy dirt. The Earth literally heaves stones up from!-->…