Contributions by Mike Ferrentino

There are places that remind us who we should be.

It's a fine line between being well-rested and habitually lazy.

The slow and constantly lopsided struggle to find balance in life...

Can Adidas Velosamba and Specialized 2FO Cliplite BOA replace a toe spike collection?

"I’ve been thinking about Zee when I ride because I’ve been thinking about whether I’m losing by ability to learn new things..."

An Enlightened Approach To Getting Down from a company that makes things in Canada...

An impending move has Mike realizing his possessions, that once fit into a van, may now require a convoy of 18-wheelers.

As drop bars enter the modern age, do gravel riders have anything to learn from mountain bikers?

"I dare you to find some product, any product at all, that has such a big impact on how your bike performs..."

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.

Ditching Lycra and embracing plaid can be a tortuous process: 4 (sort of) flannel shirts reviewed

"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...