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It's getting better, and in some ways it's already unmatched.
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...and sometimes we're neither. This is what happens when Schrödinger's Cat gets on a bike.
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January 2023

Last week at the second race in the Mississippi Gravel Cup, I rode for a little over six hours and didn’t eat any solid food. All my fuel was in my…
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I know, it's embarrassingly obvious
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It depends on what I want to believe, or maybe it’s what I want you to believe. In 2022, I either rode over 8,000 miles, or just over 4,000. But maybe…
Rick Swagler
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October 2022

...and why the Greek philosopher Heraclitus would have loved Forest Service roads
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September 2022

and I'm not talking about the extended service plan. What beginners like my old friend Bubba need to understand about riding.
Rick Swagler
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July 2022

If a small gesture could help us build allies on the road, why wouldn't you do it?
Rick Swagler
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By the numbers alone, I had no business riding Gravista and zero chance of enjoying it. It’s a 67 mile gravel race in Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains…
Rick Swagler
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April 2022

Some roads are like songs you don't hear often enough
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March 2022

I’ve had the same picture on my iPhone lock screen for the past five years. It’s not a family picture. It’s not a pet picture. It’s not a pretty sunset…
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January 2022

Sometimes the right answer is the lowest common denominator
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