Sh#$%y n’ Gritty
I don't make the schedule, and I don't have a coach, so what I ride depends on when I get invited or when I feel inspired. And so it was on Saturday morning that the second…
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Revolting 11 Podcast
This week's episode is NOT the one about riding bikes while female. That's out next week. My apologies.
This is actually the one about doping, the lure of it, the…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Skin Bracer
There are better things to degrease your chain with than Skin Bracer by Mennen, although it is a sort of solvent. Few other solutions will leave your chain smelling better,…
TCI Friday
In my work, I have the opportunity to speak with bike shop owners all over the country. Right now, there is really only one conversation, and that is, when will things go…
Video – Most People Don’t Know How Bikes Work
The human brain does physics all the time, by which I mean, it calculates on a subconscious level how gravity and balance interplay to keep the body upright. That is…
In Red Ink
I stare up at the hillside. It's a blank page, lined, my heart a promissory note, written in red ink. But I have nowhere to be and nothing but time. There's a boulder I've…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Bar Ends
If you are sitting at the bar end, you are probably in the way. That tends to be where the bartender puts the drinks going to the folks not sitting at the bar. If you're the…
Video: Dave Krone – Lords of Dawgtown!
Here's a little banger from S&M Bikes for you. The production value isn't the highest, but this is exactly the kind of video I love for a Friday, a jumble of gnarly BMX…
TCI Friday
My bike was red. I was eight-years-old, and that constitutes most of what I knew about it. I learned years later that it was made by Peugot. Apparently, they made BMX bikes…
Being Sorry (The Rest of the Story)
If you read the last TCI Friday, you will know that I had an unfortunate and entirely avoidable conflict with a runner, who turned out to be my neighbor. I promised then to…