Op-Ed

Yes, the topic today includes butt width … and also speaks of some pains that might go with it. Is that the best way to start out the new year? Hmm. In cycling you…

My origin story as an adult cyclist, the ride that brought me back into the fold, occurred on a small residential street in Midtown Memphis in 1985, behind the pro music…

Some people are wired in a way that allows them to turn their attention to any task and dig in until the task is complete. In the world of psychology, these folks (of which…

When I began riding bikes, I did so because they were fun. That was reason enough. No one needed to pay me to ride and I had no designs on larger glory. I can't say how many…

Ever since the pandemic, illnesses have gained a previously unknown endurance, a durability titanium tubing can respect. They linger in a way they didn't seem to in olden…

The end of the year is a time to take stock, to look back, blah, blah, yadda. We've heard it all before. But seriously, how often do we take an inventory of any aspect of our…

TCI Friday is a participation game. Read the topic below. Then throw in your two cents. Or ten. Je ne sais quoi is French for "I don't know what," or more colloquially…

Cycling has taught me a great many lessons. Some of the lessons it has taught me I didn't want to learn. Discipline? Pfft. Consistency? Thpppt. Determination? Urgh. I didn't…

Historically, the most valuable things in the world have been useful things, like copper, saffron, good steel, nuclear fissile material, etc. I count myself wealthy in as…

I know a few people who ride one kind of bike in one kind of way, their whole lives, like they've found a sweet spot so sweet they never want anything else. I think that must…