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Every month or so, we collect the questions submitted to our friend Stevil and present them to him for his oracular pronouncements. And pronounce he does.…

Listen, candy corn exists because America has too much corn. Our government subsidizes corn farming, which leads to this surfeit, and the knock-on consequence…

Corporate Rock Sucks. This episode is about how big companies get it wrong, and why it’s critical to support the independents. We take SST Records' iconic…

Crater Lake. The Pacific Coast. Ghost towns in the high desert. That's cool, but how can you do so much riding alone? This question is usually followed by a…

As always, TCI Friday works best when you chime in with your opinion/feelings/experience. Life is nonlinear, but that doesn't keep me from trying to force…

There's some real unorthodox nonsense going on here. No pads. No full-face helmet. I'm not even sure it's a freeride video. Sure, there's a section of jumps,…

A friend said, "These are 32mm tires, but at the pressure I run them, they're more like 33mm or even 34mm," and I replied, "Are we talking about millimeters…

This week we talk about the future with a clear-eyed look at the present. We revisit the Tubbs and Nuns wildfires five years on, and we extol the virtues of a…

One of the sublime joys of cycling, for me, is the feeling of capability that permeates your soul when you crest a long, difficult rise. Maybe it's a road…

The Shimano XC-7 is a sharp mountain and gravel that got a redesign last winter. I’m riding it because it is —you guessed it—available in a wide version.…