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Yes, You Are a “Real” Cyclist

Luca Paolini and Pippo Pozzato. My two favorite cyclists of all time. Real cyclists. For whatever reason, I’ve had three people bring up the concept of what it means to be a “real” cyclist or a “serious” cyclist in the past few weeks. In each case, these individuals were worrying that they might not be…
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Bear Claw Epic: What a Day for Bikes!

Podium? More like bro-dium. One of the biggest fields in the race’s five-year history showed up to sample one of the hidden gems of Michigan mountain biking in the form of the Cadillac Pathway. The Elite fields were wide open, with the competition far too even to pick a clear favorite in either the men…
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Life is Best Spent on Two Wheels

Photo: Happy Trails Co. Another passive-aggressive email hits my inbox with a loud, familiar DING. The vein above my right eye twitches. The knot in my back, just to the left of my shoulder blade, tenses up and sends its infliction to an area behind my right eye. A dull headache takes its week-long place…