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Detachment Vs Pessimism
Sometimes the 30,000' view is the best one
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The Terminator Paradox
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A Sort Of Gear Review
Slowered Expectations
Random thoughts while pushing bicycles up snowy hills
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Deccessorization
It's not a real word, but maybe it should be
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Hero Dirt
When the getting is good, you gotta get the goods
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Over. Built?
Built and buff, or rough and raw - how do we eat our trails?
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Shootout At The Fantasy Factory
Is Influencer Culture improving us or is it melting our brains?
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Salad Daze
Is this the best time ever to be a mountain biker?
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A Couch Is Not A Throne
It's a fine line between being well-rested and habitually lazy.
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YOLO!... FOMO!...
The slow and constantly lopsided struggle to find balance in life...
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Crossing The River
An impending move has Mike realizing his possessions, that once fit into a van, may now require a convoy of 18-wheelers.
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The Hills We Choose To Die On
"We get used to the way our tires slide, gathering the database of knowledge that transforms lack of traction from fear to playground...”
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Existential Dread And The Proliferation Blues
"Everyday no-talent meatheads like me could break bikes without really even trying, and we were just riding the bunny slopes..."
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All Dig, No Ride
"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..."
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Battery Flattery
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...
Things that made a grim year better for me
Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3
Mike Ferrentino's reluctant interpretation of a Best of 2021 list
Obsessed with Mountain Biking
The NSMB Podcast - Mike Ferrentino Part II
"Really? Do people hang on your every fucking word? We're writing about bicycles here..."
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The Curse of Greener Grass
It's not all fresh mowed clover, and even when it is, it might still suck...
Distracted ramblings from south of the border
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Wearying of the corporate carousel, Mike Ferrentino has landed in an erratic manner at NSMB.com