Beggars Would Ride

Mike Ferrentino's First Impressions Of Rocky's Monument To "The Slackening"

"We get used to the way our tires slide, gathering the database of knowledge that transforms lack of traction from fear to playground...”

"It’s more encompassing than 'siiiiick', and more potent than dope or sweet..."

All the shiny new things aside, Sea Otter '22 was all about people. Come and get a hug!

California's biggest bike party is named for a cute creature with a penchant for murder. And worse.

"Internal cable routing has been the bane of bike mechanics’ collective existence ever since it was decided to hide the brake cables on road bikes..."

"If you’re into chasing performance, in our accelerating world of perceived gains and rapid fire technological shifts, a five-year old bike is a dinosaur..."

Looking Back At 27.5+'s Brief Day In The Sun...

"Everyday no-talent meatheads like me could break bikes without really even trying, and we were just riding the bunny slopes..."

"For the first two decades of my mountain biking life, I never gave tire pressure much thought..."

Kona’s venerable Swiss Army Knife hardtail weathers the test of time

"The Patch was special; a touchstone for generations of riders, a place where kids learned how to ride and how to build under the tutelage of older kids..."

Can a bearing really get smoother with time instead of wearing out?

It turns out it's possible the very same person can lust after hand built steel hardtails and electronic dropper posts - at the same time...

"My Nomad and Minion riding friends had delighted in dragging me into all manner of rooty, steep, wet, sphincter clenching lines..."

"Really? Do people hang on your every fucking word? We're writing about bicycles here..."

It's not all fresh mowed clover, and even when it is, it might still suck...

Tom is terrified of adjusting his derailleur. To him, limit screws and cable tension are some sort of necromancy.

"The crow banquet got served up somewhere in the final mile, at the end of a long fast straight downhill from where the radar gun was usually placed..."

Wearying of the corporate carousel, Mike Ferrentino has landed in an erratic manner at NSMB.com