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I like a good sports documentary. Sports themselves, I always contend, are just extended, character-driven narratives. They're improvisational to a degree, but…

Why is this man holding a soccer ball, and what does this have to do with riding bikes? Well, in the summertime I’m always looking for ways to wear less, and…

I spend a fair amount of time staring blankly at the wall of energy bars at the grocery store. I’ve tried almost all of them, and I have my favorites, but I…

There are myriad items you can add to your cycling arsenal to make riding through cold weather more pleasurable. This is a challenge our industry has fairly…

Last week or the week before, on the Paceline, I said rear lights didn’t really matter, as long as you had one. That seemed a little flippant in retrospect, so…

Let's talk about the Maxxis Minion mountain bike tires, specifically the DHF and DHR II. I should start by saying this is a lot of tire for me. I’ve preferred…

Longtime readers will know the difficult relationship I have with gloves. Though I seem to run a solid 10 degrees (F) warmer than normal humans, the one body…

I'm no food blogger, but I love when I discover a thing that's not meant for cycling but ends up being perfect for cycling, so I'm telling you about these…

The Craft Greatness isn't really a bike short. It's a liner, and I am very pro-liner these days. The vast majority of my rides are gravel rambles or mountain…

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…