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Read: Renee Hutchen – The Importance of Land Acknowledgment

  • August 27, 2020
Renee Hutchen’s just published a great piece on what “land” means and I highly recommend you give it a read. As I prepare to drive 5 hours tomorrow to race…
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Weekend Randoms: Barrel of Fun, Human Flight & More

  • August 21, 2020
Living in the Chronovirus has reminded me that sometimes you just need to have a little fun. Here’s a random collection of links and videos ranging from entertaining to thought…
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WTF Bikexplorers Releases Get Rad Be Radical Publication

  • August 17, 2020
WTF Bikexplorers’ just released a publication titled Get Rad Be Radical. Get Rad Be Radical is about bikes, but not really about bikes. You can grab a copy of Get Rad Be…
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Recommended Reading: The Realities of a Black Man in the Bike World

  • August 12, 2020
Wesley Ferguson is a bike mechanic at Venture North Bikes & Coffee, a North Minneapolis non-profit organization working to increase racial, economic, and gender equity within and beyond the biking…
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Despite Record Bicycle Sales People Are Riding Less

  • July 24, 2020
Sales of bicycles, bike equipment & services increased 81% to $1.11 billion in May 2020 compared to May 2019, according to PeopleForBikes data. Simply put, there has been a COVID-19…
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Review: Crash Course: If You Want To Get Away With Murder Buy A Car by Woodrow Phoenix

  • July 23, 2020
Crash Course by Woodrow Phoenix is a painfully shocking indictment of driving which comes as less of a shock to those of us who spend significant amounts of time on…
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Read This: How We Can Build an Anti-Racist Outdoor Industry

  • July 8, 2020
If you haven’t already, sit down and take a few minutes to read Ayesha McGowan’s article over at Outside Online. Don’t just focus on Black grief and Black death. Include Black…
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Everything You Could Possibly Want to Know About How Bike Gears Work

  • March 12, 2020
On the surface, bike gears are pretty simple. There’s a big gear attached to the crank and there’s some number of smaller gears attached to the rear wheel. We learn…
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Sports Dietician Reports Increase in Cyclist Eating Disorders

  • January 3, 2020
Renee McGregor, a sports dieticians, says she has seen a five-fold increase in the number of male cyclists being referred with eating disorders in the last year. McGregor has worked…
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Athletes’ Brains are Quieter

  • December 18, 2019
The brains of athletes turn down extraneous noise to highlight more important sounds. Athletes’ brains truly are quieter, according to a new study of elite collegiate athletes and how they…
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Americans Shouldn’t Have to Drive, but the Law Insists on It

  • July 9, 2019
When we think about getting more people on bikes and removing cars from the roadway (because the benefits are essentially endless) we must remember: In America Cars Are Mandatory, Dangerous…
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