Core Memories
I am just back from Wales, where my father was born, where a small village in a narrow valley contains an awful lot of people with whom I share some large percentage of my…
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A Useful Review – The Giro Rivet CS Glove
If you know me, then you know I have a glove problem. And in summertime I struggle, because I like to wear gloves on the mountain bike. It feels safer, but it's also hot and…
Revolting 138
Caring Carers Who Care. We can all agree that it’s much better to not care than to care, but sometimes you have to, and more specifically, sometimes you have to take care of…
Video – A Vermont Hitlist
As much as I pine for crazy adventure and worry I'm never going to get to all the Earth's finest mountain biking spots, I gotta represent my New England home sometimes. I…
Like a Library, But Bikes
I tend to talk a lot about bike shops here, and that might be because a lot of my living depends on the health of the bike shop as a business model. So, I want to own my…
A Useful Review – The Park Tool P-Handle Hex Wrench Set
You probably already own this. That's how useful it is. Also, spoiler alert, I'm just gonna say a bunch of positive things, because I love these wrenches unconditionally. We…
Fetishizing Refinement
A flash back: I'm at home. On the couch. The kids are in bed. The wife is watching TV. I'm combing through eBay's endless stupidity for things I don't need and probably won't…
Video – Merckx
Mark Cavendish won his 35th Tour de France stage during this year's event, passing Eddie Merckx as the biggest ever stage winner. There is an odd feeling that in some way,…
Aunque la Mona
My fitness is a bird in hand. It twitches and frets and wants to fly free. I hold it, while I can, but I know I have to let it go, to fly or roost, to feed on whatever scraps…
Video – Jumping Over the Tour de France
You might have seen this. It went viral. At first, I thought, "Yeah, bro. Good one." But then as I thought harder about it, I thought, "Hell yes." This is exactly the sort of…