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The TBD Gravel Guide: Steamboat and SBT GRVL Edition
Gravel, Destinations, Guides Barb Blakley Millott Aug 11, 2021 Gravel, Destinations, Guides Barb Blakley Millott Aug 11, 2021

The TBD Gravel Guide: Steamboat and SBT GRVL Edition

Your guide to everything Steamboat and SBT Gravel - logistics, food, and of course bikes.

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Asheville MTB Ride Guide
MTB, Destinations, Guides Barb Blakley Millott Jun 30, 2021 MTB, Destinations, Guides Barb Blakley Millott Jun 30, 2021

Asheville MTB Ride Guide

To Be Determined f/b MDC heads to Asheville for a weekend of MTB’s

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Kingdom Trails MTB Ride Guide
MTB, Destinations, Features, Guides Matthew Vandivort Jun 15, 2021 MTB, Destinations, Features, Guides Matthew Vandivort Jun 15, 2021

Kingdom Trails MTB Ride Guide

Our guide to Kingdom Trails Mountain Biking in Burke, Vermont, full of on and off the bike tips

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So you’re going to do your first bike race
Guides, Road Racing Shane Ferro Jun 02, 2021 Guides, Road Racing Shane Ferro Jun 02, 2021

So you’re going to do your first bike race

The bike boom is on, and if you’re partaking in your first bike race, particularly in Central Park, we have tips.

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One Year With Tubeless Tires: Are They Worth It?
Gear, Guides Leah Goldberg May 18, 2021 Gear, Guides Leah Goldberg May 18, 2021

One Year With Tubeless Tires: Are They Worth It?

Twelve months with all of the highs and lows of going with tubeless tires

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Get your bike ready for spring
Gear, Guides Yosef Fertel Apr 13, 2021 Gear, Guides Yosef Fertel Apr 13, 2021

Get your bike ready for spring

Our checklist for getting your bike ready for spring riding

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How can I set up a trainer? Doris Diaries #5
Gear, Riding, Guides sasha orlick Dec 24, 2020 Gear, Riding, Guides sasha orlick Dec 24, 2020

How can I set up a trainer? Doris Diaries #5

A look at TBD’s various indoor trainer setups, from NYC to Colorado, and a few tips from the team

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My S.O. Got a Gravel Bike! Plus, Tips for New Gravel Riders.
Gravel, Guides Liz M Dec 04, 2020 Gravel, Guides Liz M Dec 04, 2020

My S.O. Got a Gravel Bike! Plus, Tips for New Gravel Riders.

Our tip for new gravel riders, plus Liz’s experience introducing her S.O. to the joys of gravel riding

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Keeping Warm in the Cold: A TBD Guide to Layering
Gear, Guides Shane Ferro Nov 06, 2020 Gear, Guides Shane Ferro Nov 06, 2020

Keeping Warm in the Cold: A TBD Guide to Layering

TBD’s guide to layering on the bike for comfort in every kind of weather.

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Doris Diaries 4: How To Fix Paint Chips
Gear, Guides sasha orlick Jul 21, 2020 Gear, Guides sasha orlick Jul 21, 2020

Doris Diaries 4: How To Fix Paint Chips

Doris Diaries are back as Sasha explains her detailed process for repairing frame paint chips.

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Doris Diaries Chapter 3: 10 Things I Learned During My first Racing Season
Guides, Road Racing sasha orlick Feb 24, 2020 Guides, Road Racing sasha orlick Feb 24, 2020

Doris Diaries Chapter 3: 10 Things I Learned During My first Racing Season

In the latest Doris Diaries journal entry Sasha looks back on lessons learned during her first season of racing bicycles

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The New USA Cycling Upgrade Rules: What We Know and First Impressions
Essays, Features, Guides Matthew Vandivort Feb 12, 2020 Essays, Features, Guides Matthew Vandivort Feb 12, 2020

The New USA Cycling Upgrade Rules: What We Know and First Impressions

USA Cycling has made some big changes around upgrade requirements for 2020 - we look through the revisions and offer our first impressions

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How-To: Set up Road Tubeless Tires
Gear, Guides Clay Jones Jan 15, 2020 Gear, Guides Clay Jones Jan 15, 2020

How-To: Set up Road Tubeless Tires

We’re running tubeless for Cross, Road, and Gravel this year, and so should you. It’s easier than ever to get it right – follow our five commandments and step-by-step guide.

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Build Your Next Bike
Gear, Guides Clay Jones Jan 06, 2020 Gear, Guides Clay Jones Jan 06, 2020

Build Your Next Bike

A modest proposal from Clay: consider building your next bicycle.

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The Best Cyclocross Tires: A TBD Guide
Gear, Cyclocross, Guides Clay Jones Nov 18, 2019 Gear, Cyclocross, Guides Clay Jones Nov 18, 2019

The Best Cyclocross Tires: A TBD Guide

The Ten Best Cyclocross Tires – you won’t believe Tire 7! This post has been optimized for SEO, but it’s actually pretty good on its own merits. Like, comment, subscribe!

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Doris Diaries Chapter 2: How Not to Buy a Bike
Gear, Guides sasha orlick Jul 31, 2019 Gear, Guides sasha orlick Jul 31, 2019

Doris Diaries Chapter 2: How Not to Buy a Bike

To Be Determined f/b Metropolitan Dental Care’s series of ‘Dories Diaries’ guides for new races continues with Sasha’s experience buying her first bikes.

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Doris Diaries Chapter 1: The Introduction
Riding, Guides sasha orlick Jul 18, 2019 Riding, Guides sasha orlick Jul 18, 2019

Doris Diaries Chapter 1: The Introduction

As part of a new series, To Be Determined f/b Metropolitan Dental Care’s own Sasha walks through her experience as a new rider with all of the tips she has come to know

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How to Start Racing Bikes
Community, Guides, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort Feb 26, 2019 Community, Guides, Road Racing Matthew Vandivort Feb 26, 2019

How to Start Racing Bikes

The latest TBD Journal Guide is officially live: our step by step guide to getting to the start line for your first bike race

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Ahh that time of the year is just around the corner. When you give up the slick tires for tread, the laps in the park for twisty courses in a field, and early mornings for full weekends of trying to rip each other’s legs off...#crossiscoming !!
BIG NEWS: applications for the our Development Grant Program are now live! Head over to the Journal for all of the details on our 2024 recipients and how to apply for the 2025 program. Link in our stories!
Teamwork makes the dream work… big squad and immaculate vibes on an excellent weekend of racing bikes. 

Head over to the Journal for a giant gallery with 100+ shots. 

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TBD W Racing Squad is OPEN for recruiting! 

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It’s been a few weeks since the #GrantsTombCrit, which gave @photorhetoric the opportunity to write about a serious crash, a long recovery, and the risk/reward inherent in racing bikes as part of a Grants Tomb recap featuring images by @davidlo
Four races into his XC race season, James shares a gallery of his new
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Pics 1 & 2: Summer Sizzler XC in Sewell NJ, part of MASS
@masuperseries (race photos by @ralphzabielskiphotography).

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A pretty perfect morning of Brooklyn bike racing, with @borks.n.bikes taking sixth in his race with Josh and @photorhetoric while @hlcamhi lit up the women’s field alongside @shaneferro and @lookfor.lisa.
NYC bike racing is generally rain or shine, but this past Saturday we mostly got a whole bunch of rain and no sunshine - which if nothing else leads to some pretty memorable photos. Head over to the Journal to read @shaneferro’s race report inc
The rain showed up for the women’s race in Prospect Park as @leahgold31 got into an early break and snagged an incredible 2nd place after a long solo effort. A much larger (and very damp) photo gallery coming to the TBD Journal p/b @castellicyc
Erwin is currently in Kenya where he is taking on @safarigravelrace. Stay tuned for much more from his incredible adventure!
Montreal ➡️ Brooklyn on the Empire State Trail: 3 Days, 27hrs 7mins, 454 Miles, & 15,882ft elevation gain. 

Rogier shares his journey riding the full length of the EST (and then some) on the Journal, including what went into his preparation and

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