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Book Excerpt: "Trail Magic and the Art of Soft Pedaling"

The last time Scott Thigpen had been on a bicycle, he was a 12-year-old kid with a love of Star Wars and Disney. Twenty-five years later, he was sedentary and rapidly gaining weight.…

on Nov 7, 2014