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The Trail as a Mirror
I was too hyped up, too excited to ride, and I kinda knew it. Whenever I spend time daydreaming about killing it on the trail the next day, I don't kill it. Successful…
From (Almost) Nothing to (Just About) Everything
There is no reason for me to be bike crazy. Humans tend to follow their parents. Are your parents Catholics, Muslims, Zoroastrians? Most of the time, you will be too. Sure,…
Fat Pursuit 2023 – Part III – Some Finer Details
Friend of the site and former Paceline co-host Patria Vandermark shares her experience of this year's Fat Pursuit fat bike ultra-endurance race. All images by Rob Vandermark.…
Revolting 52
Ride to Live, Skate or Die. This episode is about how bikes continue to evolve and change mostly for the better, sometimes for the worse, but skateboards remain the same.…
A Useful Review – The Backcountry Research Mütherload Frame Strap
Backcountry Research makes minimalist mountain biking gear. If you want to bring it on a ride, they'll show you how to strap it to your frame. In fact, the Mütherload Frame…
Some Good Words, Some Bad
There are words I like, cacophony, antediluvian, semiotic, and words I don't, enmity, colonel, duodenum. There are words I wish were words, like craptasm and smugputz, and…
Paceline Podcast 301
Photo: Breezer #6 (for Wende Cragg) 1978. See more here.
This week we talk about the proliferation, convergence and overlap of bike categories and try to see where…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Coffee
Listen, if you're not a coffee drinker, I understand fully that other people's preoccupation with this bitter, hot water gets pretty tiresome. You might even feel a little…
TCI Friday
I glanced to my left as I cruised down the street and spied a mockingbird, its long tail feathers canted upward, perched on the edge of a birdbath. Round the next corner, the…
Sh#$%y n’ Gritty
I don't make the schedule, and I don't have a coach, so what I ride depends on when I get invited or when I feel inspired. And so it was on Saturday morning that the second…