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TCI Friday
A bicycle built for two seems like, well, such a lovely concept, doesn’t it?
“… you’ll look sweet upon the seat, of a bicycle built for two!”
I suppose you need to be!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
TCI FRIDAY
I’ve got nothing against climbing.
At least once a week I head into Oregon’s Coastal Range, where my ride begins with a two-mile climb with grades that are, well, let’s!-->!-->!-->…
Desperation
The road split two almond orchards in the Central Valley of California, near towns with names only Californians can remember. The spring rains brought forth blossoms on the!-->…
TCI Friday
These are the hard months, January and February. The light slowly creeps back into the days, but it's persistently cold and snow and ice are not the best substrates for!-->…
TCI Friday
I just got back from New Zealand, where riding a bike is a real good idea. In fact, there's a lifetime of riding there, and I've only just scratched the surface of the!-->…
The Secret Handshake
I struggle in crowds. Masses of people make me uncomfortable. It's an odd admission for someone who used to play in rock bands before rooms full of people. Even odder that I…
TCI Friday
Padraig here, pinch hitting for Robot, whose Instagram feed is brimming with summertime views of New Zealand. The text messages I've gotten him are the stuff of epic,!-->…
TCI Friday
I thought I knew what I thought about a thing, an unimportant thing, and then Padraig said what he thought about it, and that threw the whole thing into confusion again.!-->…
TCI Friday
I'm not getting any younger and neither are you. It's a cruel fact, but maybe a useful one, because here's the thing, life benefits from urgency. If we had all the time in!-->…
TCI Friday
I'm not sure how old I was when I both recognized AND accepted that I was past my peak. As a lifelong soccer player, I could tell at 34 that I was losing top end sprint!-->…