Op-Ed

I’ve been christening a number of new rides the past few months. Although we’ve lived in Oregon for nearly 19 years, and this particular neck of the woods west of Salem…

Chasing media jobs throughout my career has taken me around the US to live in seven states as an adult, and I’ve ridden my bike in each of them: Wisconsin, Iowa, California,…

Due to a quirk of my travel schedule, I spent Father's Day away from my sons. It was a bummer, but I knew we have a trip coming up that would satisfy my Father's Day dreams,…

The group has started to gather for our Saturday ride.  Look at that guy.  His bike is decade(s) old.  It is not aero. He is not wearing NEXTHOT brand clothing/helmet, and do…

The Tour kicks off tomorrow in Florence, which is in Italy last I checked, and doesn't get to France until Stage 4. That's nothing shocking since the Tour usually starts…

It’s an endless debate these days over what happened to cycling camaraderie, when passing bike riders acknowledged each other either with gestures like a wave or nod of the…

Once upon a time, human people stood as still as they possibly could while a thing called a "camera" exposed "photographic" film to light, so as to make an image. If you…

The experience of leafing through a magazine printed on high-quality stock and soaking in full-page, color photos paired with a richly told story is one of the sublime…

Out on a mountain bike trail in the middle of the woods, the peaceful calming elements of nature draw me into another world, where my senses appear to be on overdrive soaking…

The song "With a Little Help from My Friends" is a horrible earworm, and I kinda never want to hear it again, even though it expresses one of the great truisms of being a…