The Ethics of Cycling Data: Strava, Power Meters, and the Loss of Simple Riding Pleasure
Cycling was not always a practice that required evidence. For most of its history, it left behind little more than dust, tired legs, and a vague but persistent sense that the world had briefly made sense. You rode, you returned, and that was enough. The ride did not demand translation into numbers, nor did it…
ADHD and Tracklocross
One of the quieter frustrations of ADHD is that cognition often runs ahead of the body, narrating, critiquing, anticipating. Tracklocross inverts this hierarchy. Fixed gear riding insists that the body leads and the mind follows. Pedals do not pause to ask permission. Momentum dictates thought. On loose surfaces, this becomes especially pronounced. Micro-adjustments happen beneath…
Cycling in the Culture Industry: Bike Media, Blandness, and the Ideology of Capitalist Realism
Across digital platforms, cycling content has drifted toward a curious uniformity: drone-lit gravel rides, polished product announcements, deferential “first look” reviews, and a near-complete absence of critical distance. Instead of a vibrant cultural field reflecting the diversity and contradictions of cycling itself, bike media increasingly resembles a derivative feedback loop, where the boundaries between journalism,…
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