D2’s heading back to Cali next Saturday. That sucks, but the desert doesn’t care about your feelings. We gave him the only proper goodbye we know: a dirt-filled “see you later” at Pyramid Peak. Dave led the charge into that rolling, technical playground. We started counter-clockwise around the first mountain—a first for me. It was […]
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 […]
The couch is a slow death. The trail is an aggressive rebirth. The world tries to convince you that “comfort” is the reward for surviving five decades of life. That’s a lie. Comfort is where the mind rots and the body dies. In your 50’s, the stakes are higher, but the payout is better. Every […]
