PASEANDO MTB
Mountain Biking and Indie Beer newsletter by award-winning writer/mountain biking journalist, James Murren. PASEANDO MTB is 100% reader-supported, making it ad-free and with no sponsors.
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No Ganas but Go Anyway (opens the original)
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sometimes i don’t have the ganas to gono desire, is how we might think aboutit in english, but the meaning feels alittle different when said in spanish<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1202" src="https://substackcdn.com/i
In Search of Dirt #160: San Diego Singlespeed (opens the original)
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An accidental singlespeeder is what I am. Sometime during holiday season 2011, I came across a sweet deal online for Marin Pine Mountain set up 1-gear and in my size. The plan was to gear it out as a 1-by. I was living in Indiana then.It arrived and I thought, why not check out the singlespeed ride. Loved it. Silent. Simple. Mash.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WAa6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med
Ridin’ Under a UFO Cloud (opens the original)
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The UFO cloud is a lenticular cloud. It commonly forms when an air mass that is laden with moisture moves quickly over mountains. The mountains are San Diego’s Laguna range, part of the larger peninsular range. They are known to be an indicator of windy conditions in the immediate time frame and possibly rain in the coming day or so.I wish it would rain.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1CtH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3
In Search of Dirt #159: Gooseberry Mesa (opens the original)
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It all started with brothers on motorbikes cutting trails. If you’ve been there, you know. If not, you should go. There’s nothing quite like a long day riding all of Goose, being sure to stop and take in the views, to check out the side canyons, to slow down from time to time while pedaling. <div class="im
MTB Legend: Mike Ferrentino (opens the original)
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Mike Ferrentino needs no introduction for many of us, which likely means we’re the older crowd on the trails. More than 30 years ago, his column The Grimy Handshake began in BIKE. If you were mountain biking in the 90s, you were probably reading his column as soon as it came in the mail or when standing at the magazine rack. A bit Gonzo, meaning an actual I-was-there perspective that makes few apologies for what is/was about to appear on the pages, as well as cutting through the muck, is how I’d
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