Op-Ed

The primary rule of storytelling: Make it interesting. I’m reminded of that as I laugh at its folly on our recent visit to ride the Weiser River Trail in…

It was late in the ride, the section that follows the last sprint when the ride slows down enough that you can once again have a conversation. My friend Mo turned to me and…

There’s just something about bridges that send my imagination into overdrive. Absolutely nothing in the woods will lift my spirits more than coming upon a wooden…

Ahh, what can I say? There’s just something about bike shops, am I right? I’m guessing most of you probably drifted off there for a moment or two, savoring fond memories…

I wasn't especially tired, but the battery had died on my ebike as I was heading home, a mistake I capably repeat because I can't read all the numbers on the display without…

Darrell Waltrip first introduced me to the saying that, sadly, fits me better than OJ’s glove: He don’t know what he don’t know! When it comes to bikes, that’s more true…

There’s a lot to be said about not fitting in, about being able to view life from the outside, rather than the inside. Sometimes you realize the inside is, indeed, a safer…

Few joys can match riding your bike East on the Columbia River Gorge Historic Highway Trail. The Gorge is glorious for its stunning views as well as notorious for its…

My older brother Tom and his buddy Gary took a Twilight Zone/Stephen King approach to big brotherhood with me since, of course, Tom spent six years as the lone little bro to…

I'm in the midst of researching a book on ebikes. This is not prescriptive (how-to) nonfiction. Rather, it's narrative—the story of ebikes. I've interview some of the most…