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TCI Friday works best when you participate. Read. Ponder. Give your two cents. Or three. One of the goals of meditation is to gain some distance from your thoughts and…

Ed. - It has been a minute since we heard from our in-house Dear Abby, so we're happy to have his wisdom back in digital print. This is the feature formerly known as Answers…

TCI Friday works best when you weigh in. Please read and comment. In 2021, my run/ride/lift schedule was maxed. It was over-maxed. I'm not sure, in retrospect, what I…

I've been to bike events where 100 or so willing riders show up to a bar in the morning, get a short speech and set out on a circuitous route, with no real rest stops, ending…

TCI Friday works best when you participate. Read. Then weigh in. Otherwise, I'm just a weird dude howling into the abyss (still). Thanks. Yesterday on the Paceline we…

TCI Friday works best when you weigh in. This is a discussion topic, not a manifesto. Last weekend Emporia KS staged the Unbound Gravel race, an event that has become the…

I bought a set of rotors. Center lock, if you must know. 160mm. This isn't a story about rotors. The shop guy said, "Do you need lock rings for those?" This isn't really…

I show up at your house. It's weird, because you don't know me, but I'm on a bike, so you answer the front door despite your misgivings. First, I explain who I am, and you're…

It seems like the week of the eBike in my life. My own is down currently with a bad battery. More on that story as it develops. Padraig and I talked about them a whole lot…

One of my stock bike jokes is this: Every year I like riding with one fewer companion than I did the year before, and last year I was at two. That makes me sound much…