“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> “Less busy than usual.” That’s what pops up on Google Maps when this intrepid reporter is looking to book a table in the elegant…
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> In the background of Vedangi Kulkarni’s WhatsApp audio messages, you can hear heavy traffic whizzing by. Occasionally when she’s speaking she also lets out…
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> The other day, I pretended that I knew nothing about the Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR) gravel races and lobbed a question at ChatGPT: “What…
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> Close your eyes and picture the following scene: The starting gun sounds at the New York City Marathon and elite runners sprint over the…
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> Lael Wilcox has done it again. At 6:14 p.m. CST on Wednesday, September 11, Wilcox pedaled up to the Buckingham Fountain in downtown Chicago…
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> When it comes to bike training, most triathletes are locked into a power zone on their indoor trainer or focused on getting to the…
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> For the first time since its inception in 2001, Red Bull Rampage, the most prestigious freeride mountain biking competition, will include women. Eight of…
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> It’s lunchtime at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and throngs of undergraduates file into the University Memorial student center at the heart of campus.…
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> Certain bike races can change riders’ lives. But usually it’s the result—a yellow jersey, a gold medal, a set of rainbow stripes—that persists. The…
“],”filter”:{“nextExceptions”:”img, blockquote, div”,”nextContainsExceptions”:”img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”},”renderIntial”:true,”wordCount”:350}”> If you follow cycling influencers or regularly read outdoor-themed lifestyle publications, you may assume that you’re the only person who’s not biking on gravel…
