Paris-Roubaix – Ride to Survive
I'm no Formula 1 fan, but I watched the Netflix doc Formula 1 - Drive to Survive and found it interesting. Motorsports are apex climate change denialism, to me, a global…
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Video – Paris Roubaix Appetizers
Paris-Roubaix is less a bike race than a sort of Mad Max Roller Derby. Oh, there are bikes, and there is strategy, but what you get more often than not is spectacle,…
TCI Friday
You know how this works. It's an audience participation thing. I set a scene, ask a question, and you answer below. It's how we get to know each other. It's how we figure out…
The Plight of the Jumbo Shrimp
The jumbo shrimp doesn't know what it is, despite having quite complex sensory and processing organs. Brine shrimp think they're Sea MonkeysTM, so it stands to reason that…
Pavlov’s Dogs
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was an experimental neurologist (among other smart guy stuff) who discovered what's called classical conditioning, basically the association through…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Half-Wheeling
OK. I titled this (entirely useless) review "half-wheeling," when its proper name is "filthy half wheeling." If you don't know what I'm talking about, I want you to look in…
Video – How to Win Tour of Flanders
Well, here we are on the eve of the Tour of Flanders, the legendary race of Flandrian cobbled climbs (as opposed to Paris-Roubaix which races over flat cobbles). Flanders is…
TCI Friday
Having sold bikes and components for a living I have visited bike shops near and far. And despite having been in so, so many of them, I'm never not interested to see what's…
A Useful Review – Clif Bloks Energy Chews
I’ve used Clif Bloks for years, despite their intentional misspelling of both 'cliff' and 'block.' Grammar problems aside, nary a ride, run, hike or other multi-hour…