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Inside Knowledge • THIS ISSUE'S RIDERS & CONTRIBUTORS SHARE A FAVORITE TIP
TAYLOR ROJEK • ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR / COUNTS HOW MANY HORSES SHE SEES ON EVERY BIKE RIDE
BOBBY LEA • TEST EDITOR / 3X OLYMPIAN / MILLER HIGH LIFE APOLOGIST
THE SELECTION • PEDAL-PROVEN ADVICE & PERSONAL PICKS FROM EDITOR BILLS TRICK LAND
DO E-BIKES DIMINISH THE VALUE OF HARD-WON FITNESS?
SHOCKINGLY GOOD E-BIKES • From ripping the road to hauling cargo, here are 4 that stood out in our testing.
INFLATION EXTRAS
HOW TO ACHIEVE THE PERFECT TIRE PRESSURE • The single biggest performance improvement you can make on your bike isn’t a lighter set of wheels or electronic shifting. In fact, it isn’t an upgrade at all—and it doesn’t have to cost you more than some time and, maybe, as little as what you’d spend on a new roll of handlebar tape. It’s tire pressure. If you don’t pay attention to inflation, the amount of air in your tires is not only not ideal but probably wrong enough to cause excess flats and serious dropoffs in performance and comfort.
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YOUR PRESSURE IS PROBABLY TOO HIGH
EVERY BIKE IS A COMPROMISE—AND HERE’S WHY THAT'S AWESOME
3 GOOD VALUES IN ULTRA-VERSATILE BIKES
THE 2 BEST COMPROMISES TO MAKE
THE RIDERS WHO DON’T FIT IN ARE THE ONES WE CAN’T DO WITHOUT
ARMY JAY’S ESSENTIAL LIST OF BIKEPACKING GEAR
THIS TEAM IS GONNA BREAK ROAD RACING (THANK GOD!) • FROM THEIR SKINSUITS TO THEIR STREET EDGE, L.A.-BASED CNCPT IS CHALLENGING CYCLING'S NORMS
4 FACTS ABOUT CNCPT’S CUSTOM CANNONDALE CAAD12
ELLEN NOBLE IS BUNNY-HOPPING THE PATRIARCHY PLUS • 9 MORE CYCLISTS WHO ARE USING BIKES AS THE ULTIMATE CHANGE MAKER
HOW TO BUNNY HOP
HE OPENED A BIKE SHOP TO SAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD
Chocolate Spokes Bicycles
SHE LAUNCHED NATIONWIDE CLINICS TO GET WOMEN MOUNTAIN BIKING
HE LEFT A SIX-FIGURE CAREER FOR THE RACE OF HIS DREAMS
3 Dirty Kanza Essentials • (Besides a Gravel Bike)
SHE FOUNDED A COMPANY TO MAKE THE PERFECT BIB SHORTS
HE BUILT A 100-MILE TRAIL SYSTEM LIKE NO OTHER
HE SAVED HIS LIFE WITH A FAT BIKE
THEY USED BIKES TO BECOME LEADERS
HE’S MAPPING TRAILS FOR ADAPTIVE RIDERS
HE OVERCAME THE STUPIDEST ODDS
THE HOTTEST BIKES AND TECH OF 2019 • PUT THESE 14 PIECES OF NEW GEAR AT THE TOP OF YOUR WANT LIST.
SILK, GOATS, AND A SUBLIMATED ELF: THE TWISTED HISTORY OF YOUR CYCLING SHORTS
JIMMIE JOHNSON IS GETTING NASCAR ON TWO WHEELS • HOW THE CELEBRITY DRIVER IS WINNING OVER THE UNLIKELIEST CONVERTS (OH HEY, DALE EARNHARDT JR.), AND HELPING US BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN CARS AND BIKES
JIMMIE’S STABLE
4 OTHER NASCAR DRIVERS WHO RIDE
EVIL FOLLOWING MORE BETTER’ER
CERO ONE
SPEEDVAGEN CUSTOM ROAD DISC
SCOTT CONTESSA ADDICT 15
NASHBAR CAVALO 105
GIANT TRANCE ADVANCED 29 0
SPECIALIZED ALLEZ SPRINT DSW
DIAMOND BACK ARDEN 2
LIV HAIL ADVANCED 0
CO-OP ARD 1.2
ADVENTURES • A CYCLIST’S GUIDE TO EPIC GETAWAYS
HOW TO BE A RIDER • ACCORDING TO PAULINE ALIX, 27, EVENT COORDINATOR, MONT-TREMBLANT, QUÉBEC