Can you feel it? That pressure to whip out the smartphone for the fifth time on the Saturday ride to document your humorously childish store-stop candy selection? Or to humblebrag your finish at the Tuesday Nighter? Or maybe just to rep your club? #WeOutHere, right?

If I'm honest with myself, embarrassment deserves partial credit when considering the reasons that I first sold my car. In my defense, values about transportation and housing policy were ultimately the deciding factor. For the previous two-ish years, I had been getting around Austin primarily by bike.

An important characteristic of American gravel events from a photography standpoint is that, rather than traversing mountainous terrain with few throughways in the style of a European road race

Certainly, there will be more events, right? The only two for which I’m confirmed are Dirty Kanza and The Garden State Fondo, with this year’s registrations deferred to next.

One more feather in Austin’s cap, and a big reason I continue to live here, is the city’s great cycling community. Austin is full of commuters, road cyclists, casual trail jaunt-ers anything in between

Bike racing is back! In Austin, at least. After two practice sessions in which organizers worked out their socially distanced staging and start procedures, and riders got a chance to remember what it feels like to ride in a group

Some endeavor to document the ride itself, while others use the bicycle as a way of encountering photographic experiences. And many, like me, do a little bit of both.

“Alone but together” - I feel like I’ve seen this phrase multiple times now on Strava activities and cycling-related Instagram posts, and it’s often come to mind as familiar faces glide past me along popular road cycling routes in the city.

Like so many things, it was through a random Instagram post that I discovered Red Rock Roubaix, a 110-mile gravel ride that was to take place on a January weekend in Austin. Some googling revealed the event’s history, but...

My first opportunity to get dropped came last weekend at the 2020 Tommy Ketterhagen Memorial Road Race, presented by Holland Racing. It’s an awesome event and the first race of the season on the

At first, it felt quite forced. The effort of going outside and exposing oneself to the slightly uncomfortable elements, of having to dress properly, expend effort, and take extra time to reach my destination...