mountain biking

Let me start by saying I don't know Karen's real name. I didn't ask. Our interaction started out polite, became fraught, and ended up polite again. The right…

I love this stuff. I love the idea that any bunch of friends anywhere might hit on an idea so fun that it changes the course of a hobby, an industry, and a…

I spent last weekend at Kingdom Trails in Vermont riding with friends. We arrived Friday afternoon, dumped our stuff and got in 2-and-a-half hours on the trail…

I rolled out of the woods, crossed a concrete bike path and watched the path disappear into a four-foot-high jungle. For the next hundred yards not a single…

Here's a nice story about a pair of ladies who made themselves a home and then made a home for other people. That's all well and good, because nice people…

This week John talks riding with flat pedals—rather than clipless—for mountain biking. Patrick discusses a ride from his recent vacation and what it re-taught…

TCI Friday works best when you weigh in. Read, respond, relax. As you read these words, I am sitting in a small bungalow in tiny Welsh village drinking a…

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…

If you listen to today's Paceline you'll hear about my current project, learning to handle my new mountain bike with flat pedals rather than clipless. It's a…

This short film from Patagonia fills me with joy and admiration. It's the story of Betty Birrell, a pioneering mountain biker and all-around bad ass still…