NICA

I’ve been thinking about community through the lens of giving back, as in giving back to my community. I read sometime back that when you reach your 50s, one…

Our timing isn’t great for giving Tuesday, but I'd like to tip everyone during this season of gift-giving to a 501(C)3 that is poised to do great things in…

I wasn't especially tired, but the battery had died on my ebike as I was heading home, a mistake I capably repeat because I can't read all the numbers on the…

What is it we do when we ride a mountain bike? We pedal. We lean the bike to make it countersteer. We shift gears. We brake. On steep descents we lower the…

In engineering terms, a standard refers to something that a bunch of smart people have agree is a good solution. The bike industry seems short on that, John…

Is it possible that any cyclist who is a parent wouldn't want their kid to find their way to cycling? Yeah, it's possible, but it doesn't seem probable. When I…

Every now and then you come across a product that is so affordable, so vacuum-packed with value that it can seem too good to be true. Most things that seem too…

I signed my 13-year-old, Philip, up for the middle school program of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, also known as NICA. Now, I’m not the dad…

John wonders about our duty of care to other riders when we ride with them and how our perception of what etiquette calls for changes based on the tires we…

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…