Musings from the V-Bunker

On Rule #81: Crash Test Dummies

We don't like to talk about crashing. Talking about crashing before you crash feels a lot like tempting fate and talking…

9 years ago

The Goldilocks Principle: Deflategate

The Rider is the best book ever written about Cycling. I don't mean that figuratively, I literally mean that literally. I…

10 years ago

The Great Equalizer

The wind-swept break in last weekend's Gent-Wevelgem was a perfect example of the bike being the great equalizer. Stijn Vandenbergh,…

10 years ago

Musings from the Darkness

Reality is always an unpleasant surprise; no one wants to see ourselves the way others see us, and that's for good reason,…

10 years ago

Dry Rot

It's not difficult to understand that climate change, global warming, call it what you will, is real. If you're still…

10 years ago

The Fear

There're two things certain in Cycling: pain, and more pain. How we attain either, each or both of them can present…

10 years ago

Places to Ride: Cape Town, South Africa

I've never been to Africa before, although I'm not sure Cape Town counts as "Africa". One thing I noticed is…

10 years ago

Define Cyclist

We are cyclists, the rest of the world merely rides a bike. What defines us as cyclists? Can a recumbent rider…

10 years ago

The Unknown

The future is dark, which is the best thing the future can be, I think.- Virginia Woolf Our actions lie…

10 years ago

Freedom

Choice, or the perception of it, is one of the most powerful forces on Earth. The great secret lies in the…

10 years ago

Preloading The Brain

Brett's fine Nick Cave article got me thinking about music and cycling. We spend lots of time alone on our bikes.…

10 years ago

The Mercy Seat

It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Dead Row, Of which I am…

10 years ago

Legal Doping: Musings from the V-Bunker

I'm not even talking about all the pseudo-asthmatics out there, vaping their way to better breathing. My breathing is just…

10 years ago

Love In A Box

Today was a good day. One of those stunning Wellington winter days, not a cloud in the sky, the wind…

14 years ago