Because you know you want your car to smell like your weekend. —Brendan
Tag bicycling
It’s (hopefully) common knowledge that if you want to climb a Colorado 14er in the summer, you should be on…
To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or depictions of climbing in energy…
I was hesitant to try Strava at first: Everybody’s heard about some jackass who almost ran over a kid on…
Here’s something that didn’t happen: Tommy Caldwell, in the days following the first ascent of the Dawn Wall, being interviewed…
Earlier this year, my book The Great Outdoors: A User’s Guide came out, representing about 12 years’ worth of poking…
In early 2013, I walked into a tiny bike shop called Chocolate Spokes in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood because I…
Because we all deserve a little recognition for doing things well out there. —Brendan
Today, I get to share something that some wonderful people and I have been working on for almost two years:…
I got a new bike a couple weeks ago, and if I do say so myself it’s a real work…
Everyone knows there are two kinds of people in this world, but did you know there are 12 types of…
I walked up the stairs at my apartment building last Friday morning, five $20 bills in my hand, and paused…
A couple Saturdays ago, I got this e-mail from my friend Lee: Would you or anybody else you know be…
1. Jump it off something 2. Put foot pegs on the back and give a friend a ride 3. Ride…
Dear helmets: You guys are my favorite hats. Sure, other headwear may be more stylish, more “cool,” easier to put…
I was in the audience during a presentation at the Green Mountain College Adventure Education Colloquium last week, when the…
I jogged in my bike shoes with the couple hundred other riders down the dirt road to the start of…
THIS SUMMER. A REVOLUTIONARY NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE WHEEL SIZE. WILL TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM. please pause reading here for…
It’s getting late on a weeknight as you sit in the dark in front of a glowing computer screen, watching.…
Hey, So you got a fancy new car-top bicycle carrier. Cool, it’s gonna be great to not have to take…