Not Cycling: Sliderking is a Thing
On Christmas morning 1976, I woke to find a Big Wheel parked in front of the tree, the one with the skid brake. Because we lived in Rhode Island at the time and climate…
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TCI Friday
On this week's Paceline we discussed the announcement from Shimano that the new Dura Ace and Ultegra groups would be 12spd and, more surprisingly, electronic only. The future…
Ride the Lightning
You think too goddamned much. Don't ask me how I know. Oh, it's because I also think too much. It's a failing of the human condition, to think more than to act, to spend…
Revolting 5 Podcast
Robot and Stevil dig into their crashes, how they felt about them when they were younger, the psychological damage that needs to be overcome, and the worthwhileness of…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – The Cone Wrench
I hope you don't own a cone wrench, or god-forbid, a whole set of cone wrenches. That's the cyclist equivalent of having a VCR or a landline, almost charmingly anachronistic…
Evangelizing Wales
Let us dispense with pretense. I am Welsh. Though I grew up in the States most of my family live in the green, hilly central part of Wales that the English sometimes refer to…
TCI Friday
As I have gotten older, I have learned two really critical things about myself (and probably should have learned more). The first is that getting older is a waste of time. I…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – This Starbucks Bathroom
This review is not a platform for toilet humor, so those of you who disdain that sub-genre need not click away. This review is about the intersection of a failing body and…
TCI Friday
Some days I just can't even, especially towards the end of any season (see last week's TCIF for an elaboration). I sit at the bottom of the basement stairs, the bike rack off…