Maureen Gaffney

The other day I was blissfully pedaling up a trail, lost in an internal reverie about cupcakes or cloud seeding—I really don’t remember. The only sound was my…

I dislike wind. On a cellular level. I do not think this is out of the ordinary—most humans do not like this element, unless they are sailors and that’s an…

I remembered a bunch of stuff I left off the first list of awesome advancements in cycling. A TCI commenter commented on “Newfangled” that he was surprised I’d…

The Bay Area Trails Collaborative—"Developing a world-class interconnected network of regional trails benefiting all people of the San Francisco Bay Area.”…

You know how every once in a while, something gets invented and you’re like “oh, I’m not sure how we ever survived without that. Why did this not happen…

Depending on where you live, and whether you ride off-road, you have likely (hopefully) noticed a change in trail-building in recent years. From design to the…

As I have now mentioned on several occasions, I just moved to a new town. The most direct and obvious way to get to my new house is and has been obstructed by…

I have just moved to a new town. Moving to a new town is alternately magical and mortifying. Aside from the ferocious frustration of not being able to find…

We all have a vision of ourselves, the “kind of person” we are. Artsy, driven, meticulous, grounded. Free-spirited, focused, trustworthy. And if you don’t know…

Don’t you hate it when…. Riding bikes is awesome. But still, shit doth happen. Clipping In. Or not. I’ve been riding clipped in since forever and I…