🏍️ Mastering the Terrain: Body Position Secrets for Adventure Bike Riders The rise of the Adventure Bike (ADV) has opened up a thrilling new world of motorcycling, blending the speed of pavement with the ruggedness of off-road trails. But truly excelling on an ADV requires a diverse skillset—a blend of techniques borrowed from different two-wheeled
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Weight lose, and gain, is very simple: You cannot gain weight without a calorie surplus You cannot lose weight without a calorie deficit Period. Nothing more, nothing less. But, you’re saying to yourself, I’ve trimmed 500-1000 calories out of my diet, and I’m still not losing weight!!! I measure it all!!! I’ll explain! Here is
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One night around 2010, I came home after a night out and played an interpretation of Back to Black alone at 4AM, full blast, on my Fender Telecaster and Reverb amp, by the fireplace of my ceepy 1893 house. My voice horse, from a late night out. The wood creaking, the eerie feeling of that
Sometimes, when I’m in public, I look around at all of the random people I don’t know, and I truly celebrate our existence. I take a second to appreciate us. Us! We are literally amazing. We’re all obviously the outcome of 330,000 years of modern human brains doing the impossible to give us existence. And,
Around 2016, I randomly bought a Rubbermaid 20oz water bottle at the local grocery store. Little did I know this would lead to a love affair and associated heartbreak! 😂 I gave little thought to this water bottle when I bought it. Previous to this, I didn’t even use water bottles. Over the years, out
I wasn’t sure if I should call this article trials terminology, trials glossary, trials dictionary or trials lingo! Anyway, the point is, if you’re new to trials riding, all of the terminology can be very confusing, so here’s a list to help you:
In September and October of 2024, I spent 3 weeks riding motorcycles 1600 miles through Nepal and Tibet. After two weeks, there was a storm and the border road flooded out. We couldn’t cross back into Nepal, and spent a couple of days on the Tibet side in a tiny town called Gyirong without power
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