Ah, February 14 is here again. A very special day for all of us. A day you don't want to…
Before the New Year, it was my ride up Haleakala. At present, it's Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2013. Before Haleakala,…
Cyclists can (and usually do) go on for hours as to why they ride their bikes, and most of their…
The severity of a crash exists on two planes, the physical and psychological. The physical is the most obvious and one…
Cycling is hard; I'm not leaking any trade secrets with that statement, but it feels good to say it anyway.…
There is something supremely Fantastic about a precisely manicured set of sunglasses, particularly when they're not being used for their…
At some point, I reckon the idea may dawn on me that I'm not a climber. Eighty kilos and standing…
The task spreads out before me like molasses poured onto a tabletop, indulging in its viscous immensity. Its growing breadth makes it a…
Clouds hang heavy in the sky, plump with a rain which contemplates the opportunity to hurl itself towards the Earth below.…
It seemed so easy, when I was young, to decide who to love and who to hate. These days, life…
Along the lines of what Bruce Dickinson famously decreed while espousing the medical benefits of cowbell in the remedy of…
When it comes to weight and body dysmorphia, we cyclists can go toe-to-toe with any thirteen year old tween who…
@936adl loves a Cogal and he didn't mess around with this one. Later today the San Francisco Cogal report and…
If I were a pessimist, or a realist for that matter, I wonder if I might have started any of…
@eightzero is throwing down the sweaty gauntlet here. He has a vision of a V-kitted, Rule compliant freight train of…
In our privileged stables of bikes, it ranks towards the bottom of the heap as Bike #2 or lower, but…
It requires a combination of factors to intersect. You need to have already spent loads of time on a bicycle. Enough…
I feel it in my bones. I feel it in my breathing. I fixate on how much I feel it…
It's a beautiful, yet cruel sport, this. It punishes you for being lazy, for being unfit, but it also punishes…
The Rules are about cultivating a passion for riding our bikes to gain the maximum enjoyment possible. This requires humility,…