over a beer

At first blush, "mountain biking" seems like an easy thing to define. But when you sit down to write the definition and are mindful of all the different variants of this sport... it gets a touch more difficult. Greg takes his best stab at it in his latest Over a Beer column.

Mountain bikers are a passionate bunch and sometimes, that passion leads to internal tension.

If you mountain bike for long enough, your time will come to pay the gods of Pain and Suffering.

How do you define "success" in your own life? What makes a person successful? There are no easy answers to be found in this Over a Beer column.

In this Over a Beer column Greg looks at the arguments that some people give for discriminating against one type of mountain biking or another, and points out the beauty of mountain biking's diversity.

What motivates us? Where do our desires to do certain things come from? Why do we want what we want? There are no easy questions in this Over a Beer column, but hopefully professional freeride mountain biker Cam Zink can give us some insight.

As you're confronted with the next obstacle between you and your goals, ask yourself: "how bad do I want it... really?" And, "what kind of pain am I willing to sustain?"

Worrying about the future and obsessing about the past--these two things rob us of embracing and enjoying this present, singular moment. Autumn teaches us to embrace these fleeting moments that collectively make up our lives.

Bikepacking is both complex, and yet very simple.