Solo Work – Off Canvas
I came upon an old woman pushing her bike. We were near the place where the secondary bike path, the one most people don’t use, turns into a trail. We were the only ones out…
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Robot’s Useless Reviews – This Stupid Pump
This stupid pump is not going to inflate this stupid tire. I'm not sure who designed the head on this thing, but it is not going to clamp the valve stem and even if it…
TCI Friday
One of the things I do is advise people in the bike industry on topics of sales and marketing. I'm an advisor. Sometimes I create "content" that serves the purposes of either…
My (Not) Dirty Secret
What you are about to read may frighten and confuse you. It's ok. They're just words. Beyond that, only suggestions. That you will read these words on a site dedicated to…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Mavic Mektronic
The Mavic company was founded in the 19th century and has a long history of making iconic cycling products for the ride-inclined outdoors-person. Their Mektronic components…
A Good Day
It’s a good day, well, probably a great one, when you can meet your friends at 6:30am for a dirt ride, when your legs don’t scream and your lungs don’t hurt as the group…
TCI Friday
It's complicated. Of course it is. Cycling's history with doping. It's so complicated, in fact, that I can't even type the name of a certain cyclist, because if I do that,…
At the Bottom of the Well
At the bottom of the well, you hope to find more water, but it’s not always there. You’ve been throwing your bucket down, hoisting up what you need all day. But at some…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Ecstasy
Look, I'm not telling you to do party drugs. I'm certainly not advocating that you invest in a Costco-sized box of glow sticks or buy yourself a pair of metal underpants. I'm…
TCI Friday
I was talking with Stevil about a possible future project. We don't really know each other, so we were just trying to see if we had enough common mental ground to "work"…