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TCI’s MADE 2025 Recap

Lori Barrett
So, I always joke that the MADE show is where bike nerds go to get stoked. I love it. Few things there are scalable: with rare exception, no one is going for private equity acquisitions or trying to…
Talk

Revolting 193

Robot and Stevil
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer. Humans are social animals. We only make sense to ourselves in a larger context, and we spend the years of our lives trying to surround ourselves with good…
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Life Will Make You Old

Emlyn Lewis
This is true on a lot of levels, starting with the second law of thermodynamics which deals with entropy. But you know, sitting in a long meeting with a lot of humans, discussing something you don't…
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Video – TROLLDOM

Emlyn Lewis
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are popular because they combine two great flavors into one product. Similarly, this video combines two things I love, mountain biking and doom metal videos, into one…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday – Savor

John Rezell
Our annual weeklong stay at the Newberry National Volcanic Monument drew to a close with a final riding opportunity. With my favorite rides already under my belt, I would savor this one. We have…
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Mountain Biking Idaho: Lower Basin

Padraig
Below Schweitzer lies yet another trail network, largely built and maintained by the Pend Oreille Pedalers, a mountain bike advocacy organization based in Sandpoint, Idaho. Led by Emily Strizich, POP…

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Llamas, Donkeys and Sage

Maureen Gaffney
The Wuanita loop in Saguache (“Saw–watch”) County, Colorado was my third bikepack, but my first without the handholding provided by a 2021 “Bikepacking 101 Course” offered by Rim Tours in Moab, or a…
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For Los Angeles

Padraig
The wildfires in Southern California will go down as the most expensive natural disaster in the state's history. Combined, the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Auto fires, have burned more than 40,000…
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Part of Me

Pat Navin
In my dream, I am riding up a steep climb on a narrow road winding through redwoods, barely able to turn the pedals. But I am happy. Ecstatic, really. I am one with my bike, an extension of my body,…
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Life Will Make You Old

Emlyn Lewis
This is true on a lot of levels, starting with the second law of thermodynamics which deals with entropy. But you know, sitting in a long meeting with a lot of humans, discussing something you don't…

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Page One

TCI’s MADE 2025 Recap

Lori Barrett
So, I always joke that the MADE show is where bike nerds go to get stoked. I love it. Few things there are scalable: with rare exception, no one is going for private equity acquisitions or trying to…
Page One

Life Will Make You Old

Emlyn Lewis
This is true on a lot of levels, starting with the second law of thermodynamics which deals with entropy. But you know, sitting in a long meeting with a lot of humans, discussing something you don't…

Op-Ed

Op-Ed

TCI Friday – Savor

John Rezell
Our annual weeklong stay at the Newberry National Volcanic Monument drew to a close with a final riding opportunity. With my favorite rides already under my belt, I would savor this one. We have…
Op-Ed

TCI Friday – Bike Mechanics

John Rezell
Ah, the tricks my memory can play on me! Somewhere deep inside my noggin, unbeknownst to me, some smart-ass neurons are synapping back and forth laughing their asses off. Shhh! Shhh! They giggle…
Op-Ed

Thoughts on Noggins

Padraig
I was a relatively broke graduate student working in a bike shop when I told my parents I planned to spend $60 on a bike helmet. The LeMond Air Attack from Giro retailed for $90—the most expensive…

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Talk

Talk

Revolting 193

Robot and Stevil
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer. Humans are social animals. We only make sense to ourselves in a larger context, and we spend the years of our lives trying to surround ourselves with good…
Talk

Revolting 192

Robot and Stevil
The View from the Top of the Creative High Dive. Even if you’ve been doing your thing for a good long time, you have these moments where you wonder if you can pull it off again. Like you start a…
Talk

Paceline Podcast 428

Padraig
This week Patrick and Lori consider helmet use, particularly when running errands or commuting. Both admit that their views—and behavior—have evolved over the years. Show links:Bicycle…

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