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Frustration with online outdoor retailer Backcountry.com is rising on social media using #boycottbackcountry on Twitter and Instagram because the retailer has reportedly been taking legal action against small business owners who use the word “backcountry" as part of their name. The Colorado Sun broke the story late last week, listing several of the businesses that... Continue Reading →
MikeyT Williams is a bikepacker from Flagstaff, Arizona, USA who has done over 2,000mi in Europe, and is currently 90-some days into a four month, 4,000 mile trip through Central Asia. In his latest update, MikeyT took on the Tunnel of Death. The Anzob Tunnel, Istiqlol tunnel or Ushtur Tunnel is a 5,040 m long... Continue Reading →
For someone used to obsessing over wattage, heartrate and how many grams I can shave from my bike, a 60-pound bike capable of hauling two kids and/or 300-pounds of cargo sounded like the last thing I would want to pedal. After-all, cycling is about going fast. I've done a lot of amazing road riding over... Continue Reading →
Instant noodles, breakfast cereal and chicken nuggets may be delicious, but they are also associated with an earlier death. Eating highly processed foods could shorten your life, a new study suggests. According to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine eating highly processed foods may shorten your life. The study tracked diet and health over eight years in... Continue Reading →
I’ll be writing a series on driverless cars, focusing on their impact on cyclists, over the coming months. Today, we look at where driverless cars are at and what history can tell us about where the technology is going. Last March, a driverless car killed a woman walking her bike across a road in Tempe,... Continue Reading →
El Capitan is a 3,200-foot-tall wall of sheer granite in Yosemite National Park. The first expedition to climb El Capitan did so in 47 days, the first solo attempt took 10. Professional climber Alex Honnold climbed the Freerider route in June of 2017 in 3 hours 56 minutes, solo, with no protection (ropes or other... Continue Reading →
Longs Peak (Neníisótoyóú’u to the Arapaho people) is the most prominent mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The 14,259-foot fourteener (28th tallest peak in the U.S.) is the highest point in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and the northmost "fourteener" in the Rocky Mountains. I wanted to cap my... Continue Reading →
I sleep in late whenever I can. I don't pull of 11 or even noon like I did as a teenager anymore, but if I can stay in bed until 9 I'm going to go for it. I struggle to get to bed early enough to get a good nights sleep. Despite trying the general... Continue Reading →
Life Noggin with the help of Craig Benzine aka Wheezy Waiter take a look at what would happen if you only drank coffee and how much coffee one would have to drink to cause a caffeine overdose. I'd never heard of this research on young people drinking 28+ cups of coffee per week before (not drastically far off from what... Continue Reading →
Pro cycling returns to Colorado! Sixteen men’s and 15 women’s teams will participate in the four-day event, which starts today and brings world-class bicycle racing back to Colorado following the demise of the USA Pro Challenge (2011-15). Men will race 313 miles over four days with 21,587 feet of climbing and women will race 70.4 miles... Continue Reading →
Oh boy, am I excited to have professional cycling back in Colorado. The drought left in the wake of the U.S. Pro Challenge shutting down has finally lifted! The Colorado Classic announced its 2017 route today. The new race will be held August 10-13 in the Colorado Springs, Breckenridge and Denver. The four-day men’s race... Continue Reading →
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