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Bike Hacks

Are you a couple of miles (or days) from the nearest bike shop? If you’re like me, and enjoy creative problem solving, then this is a fun…
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Touring by Bicycle and Ferry

Touring by Bicycle and Ferry

Ferries have been a crucial part of my European touring adventures this year, and it wasn’t just me boat-packing around. Every ferry I got…
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Stupid Achilles Injury, Stupid Recovery

Stupid Achilles Injury, Stupid Recovery

I think it’s generally healthy to find and push your limits, but I kicked my limits in the face and hurt myself. Riding a loaded touring…
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Fundraiser for Planting a Shitload of Trees

Fundraiser for Planting a Shitload of Trees

We got 38,000 trees funded in July, now we are gonna double that for August: aiming to fund 65,000 trees via Offset Earth.
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Trials and Tribulations of Touring Tubeless

Trials and Tribulations of Touring Tubeless

Tubeless in cyclocross is pretty much a given (unless you fancy and roll with tubular), and my mountain bike is tubeless, but going…
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DCCX 2018

DCCX 2018

An A/B test proving that sleep, food and “not having a hangover” makes you a much better racer.
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Wallowing at Hippo Cross CX ‘18

Wallowing at Hippo Cross CX ‘18

The last few weeks have been lighter on cyclocross than they should have been. I had planned a double weekend of Lucky Charm and Cooper…
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Catching Up on Cross Season

Catching Up on Cross Season

Cross season is a month in, and I’ve been too busy riding bikes to sit down and write anything. Let’s catch up!
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Cylcing on the Pan-American Highway

Cylcing on the Pan-American Highway

With my trial ride up Cere Jefe out of the way up, Idiota Gringo set off for a bigger adventure: Panama City to El Valle de Antón. Anton…
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Idiota Gringo Bikes Panama: Arrival and Cerro Jefe

Idiota Gringo Bikes Panama: Arrival and Cerro Jefe

Some friends moved to Panama from Colombia and invited me down, so I grabbed my cross bike and went for an explore.
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Poutine or Bust: NYC to Montreal

Poutine or Bust: NYC to Montreal

Nobody wants to hear about sweating away on TrainerRoad so I’ve been quiet since cross season was done, but now I have an adventure to…
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Elm City CX 2017: One Whole Season “Intact”!

Elm City CX 2017: One Whole Season “Intact”!

Last year, Elm City was my first cross race. It was the last of the season, and that was no coincidence. I was desperately waiting for my…
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Supercross 2017

Supercross 2017

This two day event has to be one of the top tier northeast cyclocross events. It’s absolutely huge, and with two variations over two days…
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Bubblecross 2017

Bubblecross 2017

Bubblecross is a fantastic course in a park, literally passing through a swing set, two sand pits and then sneaking up through some awesome…
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MartyCross 2017: Cat 5

MartyCross 2017: Cat 5

Back home from Kutztown, there was just enough time to fix up the bike, get beer and nachos in the belly, and get the kit washed for…
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Kutztown CX 2017: Cat 4/5 Race

Kutztown CX 2017: Cat 4/5 Race

Kutztown CX is a grassy, turny crit. There’s nothing particularly technical other than a 6-ft pump track, and a set of barriers after a…
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Cross is Here: Nittany Lion Cross 2017

Cross is Here: Nittany Lion Cross 2017

It’s cross season, and all my bones are working! Last season I was in a boot, but this time around I’m all good to go.With very little…
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Flying to Colombia with Not a Bike Bag

Flying to Colombia with Not a Bike Bag

Traveling to major cities, figuring out the taxi/train/bus to and from the airport, then bumbling about yet another globalized concrete…
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Getting into Road Racing “For Reals”

Getting into Road Racing “For Reals”

Over the last five weeks I’ve been getting into the swing of road racing. I’ve done plenty of Brooklyn alley cat type stuff, snuck in that…
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This Week in Bikes: Collarbones, Crashes and New Fixie

This Week in Bikes: Collarbones, Crashes and New Fixie

One-armed struggles in the pain cave, fixing up a set of wobbly handlebars on the go, and a rather stupid crash from multiple angels.
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Unexpected Upgrade: SuperSix Evo

Unexpected Upgrade: SuperSix Evo

I’ve had a spot of bad luck over the last few months. First a fractured heel in late October, all my bikes have had mechanical trouble…
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This Week In Bikes: Cyclops Hammer Setup

This Week In Bikes: Cyclops Hammer Setup

I try setting up a Cyclops Hammer and it goes smooth as a brick.
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Everything is Broken

Everything is Broken

This morning I had to take the train to work. This is a sad state of affairs. I have three bikes, and they’re all uniquely broken right…
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Elm City CX 2016: Amateur on Ice

Elm City CX 2016: Amateur on Ice

As a road rider and occasional mountain biker, cyclocross always seemed alien, expensive, and tricky to break into. I met a chap at the new…
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Protected Bike Lanes? Meh.

Protected Bike Lanes? Meh.

After a really strong season of riding, I’m having to take a break. On the commute to work, some daft bastard ran me off my bike, giving me…
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