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From One Parent to Another: Why a $600 Kids’ Bike Might Actually Make Sense

My daughter's tears of frustration turned to unbridled shrieks of joy, and I understood why a well-designed kids' bike matters.

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Essays and Long Reads

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Why Are Swedes Living Longer than Americans? It's Probably the Bikes.

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The Hero Who Recovered Over 200 Stolen Bikes

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What I Learned When I Lost It on a Mountain Bike

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Escaping the Taliban

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Can Visma-Lease a Bike Defend Its Tour Title?

How Cycling Changed Me

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Cycling Group to Inspire Black Female Cyclists

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This 73-Year-Old Cyclist Rides All Types of Bikes

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It Takes a Village or a Cycling Community

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She Found a Cycling Community Online and IRL

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Must-Read Feature Stories

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One Man's Obsessive Quest to Take Down Zwift Cheaters

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A Coal-Rolling Crash That Nearly Killed 6 Cyclists

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My Epic Bike Ride from Alaska to California

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Cycling’s Silent Epidemic

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Sofía Gómez Villafañe No Es una Soñadora

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Finding Ways to Get In the Miles as a New Parent

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The Best Thing About Cycling Is Never the Products

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She Betters Herself By Helping Others

By Molly Hurford

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E-Bikes Are Real Bikes

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9 Cycling Myths—Debunked

By Molly Hurford

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The Upside of Getting Your Car Stolen

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A Celebration of Junk Miles

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You Can Be More Than Just a Cyclist

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This Former Runner Cycles Past a Cancer Diagnosis

By Sherah Justus, as told to Emily Shiffer

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Bikes Make the World More Inclusive

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Indoor Cycling Helped This Woman Get Her Life Back

By Megan Hoffman, as told to Emily J. Shiffer

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This 15-Year-Old Repairs and Donates Bikes

By Dom Pecora, as told to Emily Shiffer

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How to Say Goodbye to the Rider You Used to Be

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What Makes a Good Cycling Scene, Anyway?

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He Found a New Connection to Cycling After Cancer

By Jered Haddad, as told to Emily Shiffer

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Inside the First-Ever Women’s Red Bull Rampage

By Rosael Torres-Davis

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How to Be a Rider—with Anna Yamauchi

By Natascha Grief, NASM-CPT, -CES, -CNC, -BCS, -SFC

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He Cycled Away from Depression and Poor Health

By Daniel Salinas, as told to Emily Shiffer

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Inside Mountain Biking's Most Scenic Fall Race

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Tobin Heath on Going from Soccer to Cycling

By Molly Hurford

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Alex Smith, Former NFL Player, Cycles for Charity

By Alex Smith, as told to Emily J. Shiffer

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How to Be a Rider—With Li King

By Natascha Grief, NASM-CPT, -CES, -CNC, -BCS, -SFC

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Kristen Faulkner Isn’t an ‘Overnight Success’

By Molly Hurford

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How This Mountain Biker Keeps Riding

By Sierra Sims, as told to Emily J. Shiffer

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Hey Fans, Stop Getting in the Way of Pro Cyclists

By Rosael Torres-Davis

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Give Your Bike the Love It Deserves

Do the Mountains Know the TdF Femmes Is Coming?

Rosael Torres-Davis

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What is the Next Groundbreaking Bike?

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Pro Road Racers Aren't Cool Anymore

By Dan Chabanov

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The Red Canyon

By andrew j. bernstein

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The Case for a Crappier Commuter

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All About E-Bike Tax Credits and Rebates

By Molly Hurford