In those three decades’ time, I’ve ridden many bikes, perhaps in the thousands. It’s been my job for more than 30 years: from bike shop salesperson in high school to mechanic in college to an internship with Mountain Bike magazine to Bicycling test editor after college and ever since. I spend much of my life riding bikes, thinking about bikes, talking to others about bikes, and writing about bikes. It’s like asking an auto mechanic, “What car do you own?” The last one is asked because, people tell me, I ride so many bikes that the one I choose for my own must be pretty great. Related questions like “What is your favorite bike?” and “What bike do you own?” get asked often, too. Throughout my career as a test editor, “What is the best bike?” is the question I’ve probably been asked more than any other.
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