Brooklyn-based Affinity Cycles with some very sexy made-in-the-US tools for your saddle roll. They won’t break the bank either, just $25 for a pair. Pops always told me “buy quality tools and they’ll last a lifetime”. The Affinity carbon fiber tire lever, hand made in Brooklyn NYC, engineered
Cycling
Racing or not, cross is everywhere with the right perspective. Andrew Juiliano (Lazer/Voler Pro Cycling) brings us along on his favorite local training session, inspired by the famed dunes of the Koksijde World Cup in Belgium thousands of miles away. Collaborating with cinematographers Jeff Clark and Nick Nelson of
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According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American spends 93% of their life indoors. 87% of their life is indoors, then another 6% of their life in automobiles. American children spend less time outdoors than prisoners do, their parents even less. There’s an easy way to cut
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The unsupported ultracycling gravel challenge on the edge of Europe by Transibérica Ultracycling. Badlands is over 700 kilometers with 15,000m of elevation gain on mostly gravel roads.
Stretching from just outside the hustle of Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, to the iconic highland town of Fort William, the 95 miles (153km) West Highland Way is a world-famous, multi-day traverse loved by walkers from around the world. What is less well known about the route, is that a
The third chapter from Crust Bikes.
I feel like a klunker trying to find some form of sciatica leg pain relief, so, this is just my speed right now. The Klunker. What is it? A beautiful, retro-inspired, mash-up of part beach cruiser, part mountain bike, and part BMX. The perfect “DGAF” bike, for neighborhood cruises, trips
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Tommy Penick with a great video demonstration that nearly anything’s possible on a drop bar bike.
Cycling
One unforeseen reality of gravel cycling is that rural roads are often home to unconstrained and aggressive dogs. Enter the PepperBlaster II. Whether we choose to consciously acknowledge it or not, as cyclists we’re vulnerable. Cars (or, should we say, texting and/or pharma-addled drivers) are the most obvious
2600 kilometers, 420 dollars, 30 days, 5 bikes, 3 cameras, 2 guitars, 1 voice, and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century – The Bikes of Wrath is a story of adventure, physical struggle, human connection, cultural commentary and the American Dream.
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Matty has bike-packed plenty of times in Europe and Australia and has passionately shared his infatuation for riding with me. I was fairly new to this way of life and adventure but excited to share this experience on my first bike-packing trip overseas. More than a year of travel ahead