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Oh, here in the Northern Hemisphere we're getting into a real glove-y time of year, and longtime readers will know this is an accessory with which I am particularly…
Who Would You Invite?
El Tour de Tucson, Tucson's best-known cycling event, released a photo of their special guest riders at the 2023 event. The riders are (l-r) George Hincapie, Christian Vande…
TCI Friday
Wednesday is normally a ride day. We have a standing group ride, gravel or mountain bikes, that leaves around 7:30am. Last Wednesday, however, I had a contractor coming at 9…
TCI Friday
Allow me to describe for you, a coin with two sides, as if there is any other kind.
On side one, you have a riding companion who is not having the best day, either by…
TCI Friday
I want to design a pair of bike shorts with the nice people at Dickies. They already have a line of skateboarding apparel. Why not some bike stuff too?
I took a pair of…
TCI Friday
The bike-related injury (BRI) that kept me off the bike the longest was a cracked collarbone (which led to frozen shoulder) that took me out of circulation for four or five…
TCI Friday
It didn't make sense at first glance, one bike, one rider, four legs. Then I got closer. There was a kid on the back, which explained why the rider, also a kid, was standing…
The Perfect Sport
I've been a cyclist most of my life. My life has had little permanence, but cycling has been as close to permanent as anything short of my parents. Cycling didn't care…
TCI Friday
Just maybe what clouded my decisions appeared as plain as the nose on my face, which, by the way, sucked in the smoky haze as if nothing hung in the air other than my…
Rewilding By Bike
There was a piece in the New York Times recently about kids and anxiety and how anxiety levels of children are through the roof, so to speak. It was a guest essay titled,…