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Ride The Heavy

My journey thru mountain biking, mental health, & daily motivation.

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The Pivot: To “Send It” (or Not)

There’s a silent, awkward reckoning that every mountain biker hits somewhere after their 45th or 50th birthday. It’s not usually marked by a catastrophic crash. It’s marked by a Tuesday. It’s the Tuesday morning after a standard Sunday ride, and you’re still moving like you have a steel rod in your spine. It’s the realization […]

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Hello world… Day 1

Things took longer than I was hoping… but hey it’s better to start somewhere than nowhere. I’ve been ruminating over getting that first video post out… I even had a script which I practiced and then recorded over and over… and over and over and over and over… I had like 20 takes by the […]

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The Zen of the Gear-Grind

The silence is hidden in the scream. Most people think Zen is a quiet room and a lotus flower. Real Zen is a 12% grade, a desert headwind, and a chain that’s screaming for mercy. It’s that moment when the physical suffering becomes so loud that the mental chatter finally shuts the fuck up. You […]