The Anti-Hoodie Hoodie from Calvin Klein

The Anti-Hoodie Hoodie from Calvin Klein

I was recently contacted by an SEO firm called GigaSavvy to review some activewear for women.*  I haven’t done much of this stuff in the past, but I figured I’d give it a shot: my clothing budget has taken a big hit over the years as I have prioritized bikes, writing, travel and bike-related travel [...]

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MTB Ayiti Yashica T4 Images

MTB Ayiti Yashica T4 Images

I can’t wait to tell you more about MTB Ayiti. About the sweat and the blood and the laughter and the tears and the confusion and the cheers and the parties and the dancing. Paths so steep it seemed impossible. Hot nights with mosquitoes, cold nights without showers, many nights without power. An endless supply [...]

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Tommy Says it Best

Tommy Says it Best

I’ve been struggling to process MTB Ayiti. It was hard and amazing and uncomfortable and frustrating and wonderful. As is usually the case, someone else got it more right than I ever will. Tommy prefaced this Facebook post by noting that he was “not a writer”. After reading this, I beg to differ. Tommy Southerland [...]

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MTB Ayiti Stage One: Mosaics!

MTB Ayiti Stage One: Mosaics!

It’s hard to overstate how dynamic and ambitious the MTB Ayiti project is. It’s a bike race, sure, but the overall vision reaches far beyond competition or shredding gnarly trails. At the end of the day, founder Philip Kiracofe’s dream is to create an entire system of trails that spans the vast mountainous regions of [...]

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Oh hi, Haiti.

Oh hi, Haiti.

I’ve been called out. I know, my new year’s resolution to blog twice a week is off to a dubious start. That said, I’m crushing my other resolutions. 66% isn’t really even a D+ but 2 outa 3 ain’t bad? I don’t know. Either way, I’m sitting in seat 34A waiting for the departure of [...]

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Is it already January?

Is it already January?

It is. It is January already. How did that happen? Nevermind. It’s time for that thing that we do every time a year ticks over because we like the feeling of a specific (yet arbitrary) starting line. Despite the fact that you can do this any any point – at any single moment – in [...]

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