RIDING THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD OF ROAD
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE ROAD. And the road was dirt. And man rode bikes on the dirt road...
... until it was paved.
In the beginning (for me) was VeloNews. And VeloNews was printed. And racers read of racing in print...
... until it got digitized.
Road riding is like this prolific spawner of countless children:
- Road
- Crits
- Cross
- Track
- BMX
- MTB
- Gravel
In terms of popular energy, road is back to it's roots with gravel.
Road rides on with momentum and power and energy.
There was a time when I couldn't wait to get down to the local shop to pick up the latest copy of VeloNews.
Today, VeloNews announced it was merging with Peloton magazine. They're fighting for the printed lives. I respect the idea of banding together, but it seems like a marriage made in Roubaix during springtime.
VeloNews plays it pretty straight and covers a number nearly all of road's off spring.
Peloton, however, is artsyfoofoo. Romantic. Narrowly focused on the smallest sliver of road culture.
VeloNews print is officially dead in this iteration. Peloton is the print flagship with additional contributors from VeloNews and CyclingTips.
Will it work?
I dunno.
Maybe.
They are basically going on all on the great progenitor.
Long live Road!
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162.3
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30 Pull Ups + 30 Power PushUps + 30 Heavy Squats
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