It has not escaped my attention that as I've evolved away from my original profession as a software developer and moved…
Whenever I do anything, I try my best to project the confidence of Han Solo leaving the cantina after cooking Greedo…
Riding in bad weather is an incredible experience assuming you don't fall off and break your hip, or you don't get…
My first bike was a Sears Moonlight Special. It was literally a piece of shit - figuratively. I mean, it…
In grade school, a teacher once asked me to name my favorite color, a query to which I responded with the only…
Being away from the bike is agony. Even for the day, while I'm at work, my mind swims about, thinking…
Summer, it appears, has been snatched abruptly from Seattle's grasp, like a squeak toy from a puppy's mouth. A week ago, we were…
The bicycle has always been a symbol of Freedom. Not just for us as children, extending the boundaries of our…
Sometimes you're the hammer, sometimes you're the nail. I was a cheapy little Ikea one today. It was terrible. -…
We've remarked many times on the connection between the pained musician and the Cyclist. Layne Staley and Marco Pantani being a prominent…
In Japanese, "Santoku" means "Three Virtues". Exactly which three virtues it is referring to is unclear, but I am fascinated by…
It used to be that you could choose any color shoes you wanted, so long as they were black and any color socks,…
We are bipedal creatures. Fact. Bipedal locomotion sucks. Also a fact. This makes being a human somewhat challenging in the sense…
The wheel has always fascinated me, and why wouldn’t it? It’s one of the oldest known inventions, with the earliest…
In the 1989 Tour de France, Laurent Fignon was on the rivet. Close to collapse. But his Directeur Sportif noticed that…
I rode with a rider I know from work a few weeks ago. The first time we sat in a meeting together,…
We are a sick lot. We have no morals whatsoever. I understand why others are wary of us, why café patrons reel in…
I genuinely miss the eighties. Funny Bikes, which I say without thinking this though. Then again, time trial bikes today are…
My lungs feel my favorite way my lungs can feel. Every breath I take tells me the whereabouts of each alveolus. They feel…
Three things define a Cyclist: their ability to crush fools, their ability to Look Fantastic, and the Magnificence of their Guns. If…