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In order to get better at enduring (life) I've been trying to break down the various mental phases of any run/ride/long hike. Somehow being able to identify where my head is…

Lael Wilcox is, arguably, the world's best ultra-endurance cyclist. She's humble. She's nice. She loves to ride her bike. This is, I think, what sports heroes, if such a…

I visit the log a few times a week. It's on one of my dog-walking routes, close to the entrance of a local park. I'm not sure how the log got there or how long it has been…

Young Eritrean pro Biniam Girmay won the Gent-Wevelgem race this weekend, becoming the first African to win a one-day classic. Girmay has won all sorts of big races on the…

I spent a number of years selling bikes for a living, and I found that, even though we know better now, people are still fixated on the weight of their bike. They spend…

One of my very closest friends is Meghna. She grew up in Bangalore, India and Lagos, Nigeria. She and I ran two ultramarathons together last year, and one thing we talked…

My friend Fez is a meditation instructor and yoga teacher. We get together for coffee and talk about how the lessons of riding bikes mirror and maybe amplify the central…

When Matej Mohoric led his group of eight over the top of the Poggio at Milan-San Remo, little did most of us know that his bike contained a secret weapon—a dropper post to…

I never took up cycling to learn anything. I started riding bikes because it was fun. That was enough. But I began to see that as I learned more about the sport, it became…

What even is the Tour de France? From its origins through its evolution to whatever it is today, the Tour has never been just one thing. The original organizer and racers…