INSIDE KNOWLEDGE
BRYAN BANDUCCI, JAPAN, P.58 My most memorable rides are always long, single-day epics with friends and teammates—dawn to dusk, as far and as difficult of a route as we can dream up. Any hard ride over 100 miles with a group of friends achieves a feeling of camaraderie that is unmatchable. ALSO: Carbs and eggs are good for before, during, and after, ATMO. AARON GULLEY, WILD WEST, P.66 When I was doing a lot of the endurance mountain races—which can be pretty tough, with days on end in the saddle and your body and mind falling apart slowly—someone told me, “If you’re suffering, you’re never going to make it anywhere. But the suffering is a state of mind.” Basically, we get to choose the experience we have out there. Even if it’s tough,…