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Art Deco From Porter Cycles

Padraig
As I've been putting together my list of builders and other characters I'd like to interview for The Pull, I've been reviewing some of the bikes that wowed us at NAHBS and I never had the opportunity…
Talk

The Pull: Mark DiNucci

Padraig
If you wanted to find the American who made the most profound impact on the ride of steel road bikes in the last 30 years, it would be hard to find a person more influential than Mark DiNucci. As an…
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Paceline Podcast 487: Bike Friends

Padraig
The friendships we form on the bike can run deep. But why? Is it the shared sweating? Is it riding into a shared future? Is it just not looking each other in the eye? Lori and Patrick explore these…
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Photo Gallery: Rob English

Padraig
As a follow-up to my interview with Rob English, I've created a gallery of images from a couple of bikes he submitted for awards at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. The tiny seatstays…
Talk

Revolting on Hiatus

Robot and Stevil
We're sorry. We know you depend on weekly fart jokes to maintain your sanity in this world run amok, but the podcast is on temporary hiatus while life has its way with us. We hope episode 250 will be…

Featured Posts

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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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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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Art Deco From Porter Cycles

Padraig
As I've been putting together my list of builders and other characters I'd like to interview for The Pull, I've been reviewing some of the bikes that wowed us at NAHBS and I never had the opportunity…
Page One

Paceline Podcast 487: Bike Friends

Padraig
The friendships we form on the bike can run deep. But why? Is it the shared sweating? Is it riding into a shared future? Is it just not looking each other in the eye? Lori and Patrick explore these…

Op-Ed

Op-Ed

Poison or Cure?

Padraig
Here's a little secret I never tell non-cyclists: At times, the bike can be both the poison and the cure. I want to explore this, in part, because I and several people I know are suffering with a…
Op-Ed

Hot Take: Bikes Are Too Good Now

Emlyn Lewis
I just wanted to crack the passenger side window, like one-and-a-half cranks of the old lever that did the job when you could actually "roll down the window." But we don't roll the window down…

Classified

Classified

A Useful Review: Dirt Baggies

Padraig
It seems unlikely that I sweat more than the average cyclist, but I have avoided baggy shorts for the simple reason that I've had issues with my skin becoming irritated because the baggies didn't…

Talk

Talk

The Pull: Mark DiNucci

Padraig
If you wanted to find the American who made the most profound impact on the ride of steel road bikes in the last 30 years, it would be hard to find a person more influential than Mark DiNucci. As an…

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