Really good vibes are found in this piece, which includes a link to a 3 minute clip about the road trip. The subtitle for Chunky Moments of Peace (a Patagonia story/film) is: Two photographers set out on a 10-day road trip in search of connection, community and a whole bunch of singletrack. Check it out here:
https://www.patagonia.com/stories/chunky-moments-of-peace/story-161699.html
Redbull Bike put together 10 years of the Redbull Hardline winning runs. Sit back and revel in the craziness for 26 minutes:
Just when you thought you had “the best bike” you’ve ever ridden, the industry is here to tell you, “you’re wrong.” You need a 32-inch wheel. Mountain biking journalist/writer/columnist/legend Mike Ferrentino has something to say about it:
https://nsmb.com/articles/momentum/
This is going around but I’m not sure where that is, exactly, and I don’t want to know. Maybe it’s simply around the internet clouds. I mostly hit “fast forward” by sliding the arrow/cursor across the timeline bar to read the 10 Brutal Truths Nobody Wants to Admit About Mountain Biking:
Summer is firmly established at this point in the calendar year. Here’s a nice little essay celebrating the season and riding bikes … Pleasures of Summer: Long Days are Never Long Enough:
https://freehub.com/shorts/pleasures-summer
Go ride your bike, you’s all!
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Thanks for sharing James. Just so you know, liked the first video. Didn’t feel the need to watch the second one. Watched the third one but it all seemed pretty obvious. Liked the forth one the most. I’m sure that puts me in a very select group. I just can’t remember which one that is. With regard to bigger wheels, part of me thinks that’s just the bike industry creating a way to sell you and me another bike. On the other hand, I love my 29’er. It’s a legitimate improvement in my book and my guess is 32” wheels will be too. Now I just need to go watch that third video again.
Summer in the southwest is probably my least favorite season. But that doesn’t stop me from enjoying a midday ride. “That was doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. At least that’s what I tell myself while I’m out there, and the promise of that first cold beer