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#My Commute #Michael Barry

May 15, 2015

https://youtu.be/9_tjipYFZv4

April 24, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo9WdQyH9-w

Gravel ride: Girona, Spain

April 16, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFyxySQm5KU

April 16, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-aUbsX_2lI

Cycling on the dirt. Girona, Spain

April 16, 2015

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H7DgYbr8ac[/embed]

Tire and Rim Sizes

January 26, 2015

Sutherland’s handbook lists 79 different bicycle rim sizes ranging in size from 12’ to 28”. In addition there are numerous tires of different widths made to fit each rim diameter....

Mariposa Girona, Spain Tour

January 5, 2015

Dates: May 3 to June 7, 2015 – A woman’s 8 day / 7 night tour through Girona, Spain

La Ruta Tierra - Mariposa Bicycle Tour

January 5, 2015

Dates: June 9-16, 2015 – A 9 day, 8 night trip from Girona into the Pyrenees.

How It Feels To Train For The Tour De France (Esquire)

May 22, 2014

Guilt sunk in. My stomach was still full from the previous night’s feast. Sunlight pierced the gap between the window and the blind and irritated my eyes as they worked...

Shadows on the Road

May 22, 2014

Faber and Faber interview here

April 21, 2014

We pulled up in the van mid-morning, as steel barriers were being put in place to close off the course. Some of us were half asleep, our necks kinked against the windows, while others punched away at Game Boys and paged through cycling magazines. Nervous excitement spun in each of our minds for the day of racing ahead. Men wearing low-slung jeans and grimy T’s, with rolled cigarettes hanging from their lower lips, unloaded hundreds of galvanized steel barriers from flatbed trucks. The barricades lined the curbs of the town...

Paris Roubaix.

April 10, 2014

Paris Roubaix is a race of unknowns. What the riders can’t control, what looms in their futures, haunts them until the pop of the starter’s pistol. In the days prior to the race, they’ll check the weather repeatedly. Some will hope for rain so that the peloton is tamer and thins out quickly, while others will pray for sun so that the cobbles will be dry. The race is one of attrition, position, and luck. It requires preparation, mental resilience, and physical strength. It will create champions. It will shred...