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I was unaware of Killian Bron when this video came across my feed. Here's what I can tell you from hours of deep and concentrated research. He's French, and he's rad. …

Bernard Hinault was one of the greatest French racers of all time. He's best remembered for winning the Tour de France five times and nearly winning a sixth thanks to epic…

I am an unabashed Hans Rey fan. Go ahead. Try to abash me. You can't do it. In the '90s I collected his VHS tapes, featuring all manner of insane bike skills and also some…

A long time ago I worked with a little woman named Celinda, who, in her youth, had been a ballerina in Peru, where she grew up. Celinda liked to say to me, "Una papa, a la…

Is it funny that one of the iconic, cultural touchpoints for Americans of several generations is a board game called Monopoly, the chief aim of which is to drive your…

There are those days that don't just define a man or even a race, but an era, days that rise to the status of myth even as they are happening. June 5, 1988, was one of those…

If you're a Paceline listener, much of what I'm about to say will sound familiar to you. It's an immodest proposal, one that puts the bicycle at the center of a lot of…

The biggest news in the bike industry last week was how Specialized, the second-largest bike company in the world, announced that they would be launching a direct-to-consumer…

Yesterday, I stopped in my local independent bike shop to say, "Whassup," and Jim, the owner, said, "You wanna see something cool?" I replied, "I'm a real fan of cool…

Winter is like a spin-off from your favorite TV series. It shares some characters and themes with the original, but it's not the same, and frankly, you're not sure you like…