Cycling has, for a long time, been divided by some imaginary barriers. Barriers that separate road cyclists and mountain bikers and BMXers and wheelie kids and cargo bike moms. But in his new book Live to Ride, longtime cycling journalist Peter Flax makes the case that it's time we move past these imaginary divides and together embrace the things we all love about cycling.

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0:00 Introduction 0:43 Peter Flax talks about his cycling identity 1:20 How ascending a bike pyramid can be great, unless... 2:33 How divisions between cyclists grew 3:32 How Peter's cycling life changed 5:32 "Everyone who rides is on your team" 6:16 The beauty in cycling's diversity

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