Manon Carpenter and Kayley Ashworth ride the Ballroom After Dark.\
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Join Danny MacAskill, Duncan Shaw, and Fabio Wibmer as the Drop and Roll Tour travels to perform at the biggest bike expo in the World, Eurobike, before stopping by Rotterdam on the way home to ride some of its world famous street spots.
I’m a mountain biker.
A cross-county cyclist whose need for rides borders on compulsive. A sucker for grunty climbs and any trail that winds through an aspen grove. I love the pale brown undulation of ribbony singletrack, the sticky traction of Slickrock, and the way the forest folds me into its quiet rustle.
So when I first swing my leg over this insubstantial little machine, this road bike, and reach for the bars, it feels all wrong.
Nuh-uh, I think, leaning over awkwardly as I pedal it away from the Durango Cyclery for my first test spin, proceeding to push the shifter inward with my right hand because it is the only … More