The New Mud Season
Here in the lazy week between Xmas and New Year's, we are stuck in a purgatorial pattern. There is no snow for skiing, not really, and yet the trails are sodden. What used to…
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Robot’s Useless Reviews – Not Riding Bikes
Have you ever been not riding bikes and suddenly realized you were washing dishes or doing your taxes? Even the 1040EZ fails to approach the simple pleasure of riding bikes.…
TCI Friday – Xmas Eve
I like to call it Xmas, because, to me, the X can represent anything. Like, sure, there are plenty of you who celebrate Christmas from a religious point-of-view, but lots of…
Video – UCI Cyclocross in the Snow
This is my kind of Xmas eve entertainment. Top level CX racers, slipping and sliding in a winter wonderland, i.e. Northern Italy. I watched this one thinking I knew how it…
Revolting Podcast 12
In this very special episode of Revolting, the guys welcome Amanda K. Bryan, a force of nature and straight talker, who educates them about the problems of sitting on a bike…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Cycling Cap
We express ourselves through our clothing, that we are a cat lady, or a tough guy, or a style maven, or a firefighter. Whole genres of t-shirt are dedicated to communicating…
TCI Friday
When I was about 6, some local kids, teenagers, built a little plywood bridge over the rain ditch that separated our houses from the woods, the easier to access the system of…
Video: Solstice
As we revolve and rotate our way toward the winter solstice, maybe it's nice to think back on the summer version, the longest day of the year.
Pas Normal Studios made this…
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…
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…