Op-Ed

As long as we’re talking about non-standard bikes (see my TCI Friday on tandems), what say you about cargo bikes? I was marketing director at Bike Friday when the cargo…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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.…

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…