Muscle Memory
I have heard it said that old pros can still raise their level, defying whatever post-career dip in fitness they've allowed themselves, to ride at something like full pelt…
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Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Softride Beam
Someone once told me that when you focus on one aspect of a design, to the exclusion of all others, you end up with the engineering equivalent of a flaming turd. I'm…
Video – Dervla Murphy
Dervla Murphy died last year, at 90. If you don't know who she was, then let this short video introduce you. I was turned on to her work by Julie Snyder. And as it turns out,…
TCI Friday
TCI Friday is a question and answer thing. We pose the question. You give the answers.
I tried to do research and couldn't. Patrick had asked, on The Paceline, about…
TCI Book Club – Tomorrow, We Ride – Jean Bobet
Recently, on The Paceline, we were talking about cycling books, and then we had a TCI Friday on the topic. Herewith, let me say a few words about the book that begat all that…
A Useful Review – The Gore C3 Gore-Tex Infinium Stretch Mid Gloves
GoreWear (that's their name now) sent me these gloves for review. It was a strange thing. I got an email, because apparently I'm on their media list. The email asked what…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Panic Training
There are two types of panic training. The kind where you have an event, and the kind where you have just become alarmed by the state of your current fitness. Either way, you…
The Cult of Janus
On the final climb of yesterday's ride, I thought, "Have I forgotten how to suffer on a bike?" It wasn't a terribly long ride, and not particularly hilly, but the cold and…
Video – Stone King
Ash Smith had a vision, and it wasn't just a trail, and it wasn't just a race, and it wasn't just a way to make a living out of mountain biking. It was much, much more.
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TCI Friday
There are things I'm not good at. I know. I know. It's hard to believe, but it's true. And not only am I not good at some things, but I'm actively trying to be good at them,…