Escape Velocity
Nothing was green, and now everything is green, seething with greenness. The trees breathe, their leaves holding down the warm air. A breeze flutters them. They exhale again.…
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Robot’s Useless Reviews – Teeth
Cycling owes a lot to teeth. So does eating corn. I'm here today to explain the relationship between those two things.
First, the number of teeth you employee to ride a…
TCI Friday
Patrick and I were talking on yesterday's Paceline about buying a bike for a kid. I'm in the process of getting my 16-year-old, who has outgrown his current bike, a new set…
A Dram-edic Reenactment
My apologies for the graphic nature of this photo. I am aware that male politicians of every stripe lose their jobs for sending images like this to people who don't want…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Turn Signals
I learned cycling turn signals sitting cross-legged (what the kids these days call 'crisscross applesauce') on the floor of the school library at a bicycle safety class in…
TCI Friday
If you've been listening to our Paceline podcasts, you've heard me talk about some older bike gear, a Walz wool hat and a pair of SIDI mountain shoes, that I love, not only…
Non-Zero Sum Gains
I have been thinking an awful lot about cycling advocacy and inclusivity. Why? Because I dream of a self-powered world, one in which all citizens glide around on a bicycle of…
Robot’s Useless Reviews – Mikey, the Life Cereal Kid
Mikey didn't like anything. And can you blame him? It was the '70s and '80s. What was there to like? His parents were wearing bell bottoms and listening to disco. He feared…
TCI Friday
There was a time in my cycling life when I wanted to burrow as deep into the culture as I could, the inside jokes, the inside knowledge, looking just right, knowing all the…