Winning money is preferable but professional cyclists can get even more: beer showers, livestock or piles of candies amounting to their body weight. They just have to register for the right race.
You’ve got the four bikes of your dreams, and your loved one will divorce you if he/she thinks you’re even considering buying another bike. There’s only one thing you can do – mod what you got.
In October 1954, the now-defunct British magazine The Bicycle published a passionate column by W. H. (Bill) Paul, that celebrated cyclists who searched for the wild, remote, and off-the-beaten-path adventures and called for “the formation of a fellowship of such rough-stuff enthusiasts.” Soon enough, ten…
