About Trail Don’t Lie is a small corner of the internet where I’ve chosen to share my thoughts on all things bike related. My name is Josh Tucker, and I originally started this site in 2017 as a personal blog to share my experiences in bike travel. Those trip reports are still a central part of the site, yet it has also expanded into additional sections. The overarching goal of TDL is to contribute to the many facets of bike culture, while also promoting access to it for individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life. I truly believe that a bike can be more than just a set of wheels. Taken as a whole, it can function as a tool for individual growth, inspiration, and never ending joy. Bike travel has changed my life on a deeply personal level, and I strongly believe in its innate power to do the same for others. I also strongly believe that bikes can and will play a crucial role in finding solutions to many of the issues that we currently face in the modern world. While bicycles might not be the only solution, they can certainly help move the needle in the right direction with regards to mental health challenges, homelessness, public education, equitable urban infrastructure, and the ongoing climate crisis. While keeping these societal challenges in mind, I hope to help by inspiring and enabling others to get out to ride a bike. That might look like dusting off an old bike in the garage and riding to the end of your street, commuting to work, riding with friends on the weekend, or strapping a tent to your bike and disappearing for a few days in the mountains. All of it is celebrated here at Trail Don’t Lie. I’ve always been able to find some sense of truth while pedaling out there on the trail. It might not be immediately apparent, but it’s always there. Just like the mountains solemnly looking down on me, or the cars flying past on a busy road, or the simple pleasure of bombing down a hill on a bike. It’s always there to be found on two wheels. It might be some sense of truth about the world around me and the wide variety of people living in it, but most often it’s a truth about myself. I hope to share this with others, and find ways to help folks pedal towards finding it for themselves. In this modern world full of distractions, anxieties, and lies, one thing will always be true.. the trail don’t lie. So, ride on. -J Tucker