Hey, Just Ride 116: Rollin’ On
I like to think I glide through life like an Eagle soaring on thermals when reality mostly resembles a plastic bag on a windy backwoods highway.
I don’t see what’s coming…
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Hey, Just Ride 115: Hagg Lake
Heading downstairs in long pants and a casual dress shirt, I push aside the gate to greet my Golden Lab as I do every morning, although if I’m not working I typically come…
Hey, Just Ride 114: Jackalope Hunt
By the time I had a chance to take out the video camera and record some of my encounter with Olin on tape, I missed the really good stuff. Well, not totally missed it. I…
Hey, Just Ride 113: Lost in Wildflowers
I’ve never met a mountain bike map that wasn’t worth more as kindling than finding my way, a tough confession from someone who minored in Geography in college.
Then again,…
Hey, Just Ride 112: Happy Birthday, Bro
Nostalgia sweeps over me this morning as I cradle my coffee mug lounging in my chair and disappear down memory lane on my bike, with my older brother Tom, on his birthday.
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Hey, Just Ride 111: Crashing
Hitting the steady, gentle climb tired, but not exhausted, my mind flashed back to a set of downhill switchbacks we carefully navigated just a few minutes earlier.
It…
Hey, Just Ride 110: The Strand
The buzz, the energy — the force, if you want — that flows through one’s brain fascinates the hell out of me.
Some say your brain creates its own reality and, given many,…
Hey, Just Ride 109: Muscle Memory
The rhythms of my ride appear to be on autopilot as I crank my bike up the sweeping left-hand turn and hit the long straightaway that steepens in grade before a final brief,…
Hey, Just Ride 108: Idaho Resorts
The calendar flips to 2025 and in most places around the country you look out the window and see less than wonderful riding conditions. It’s brutal. Demoralizing.
Maybe…
Hey, Just Ride 107: Give a Writer …
If you give a writer a pencil, chances are, he'll want a piece of paper.
So you'll strap on your helmet and hop on your bike to go along on the ride to the office supply…