Op-Ed

Piggybacking on a conversation we had on The Paceline this week, I'm curious how you feel about the various incarnations of bike riding available to us, riding indoors alone…

You know the deal. I ask the questions. You give the answers, like an interrogation, but without the bad cop. As I explained on The Paceline this week, Evel Knievel was…

You know how TCIF works by now. I pose a question. You opine. Please begin now. In 1995, I think I owned three bikes. I had a stainless-steel road bike, my first "real"…

TCI Friday is a participatory feature. You read and respond. Last week, some friends and I were out on a mixed-terrain ride, a route we call the "Reverse Chapman."…

You know how this works. There are questions here. It's best if you answer them, below, in comments. The way I work on my bikes has changed. I don't tune derailleurs much…

You know how this works. Read. Comment. It's an interactive thing, a give and take. In my basement, in the rack I have there, the road bikes are on the left nearest the…

Every month or so, we collect the questions submitted to our friend Stevil and present them to him for his oracular pronouncements. And pronounce he does. Wisdom.…

I did a gravel ride recently where I crossed a low-lying bridge as well as something that wasn’t quite a stream, nor was it a marsh, but it was wet, and water went flying.…

TCI Friday is a question and answer thing. We pose the question. You give the answers. I tried to do research and couldn't. Patrick had asked, on The Paceline, about…

There are things I'm not good at. I know. I know. It's hard to believe, but it's true. And not only am I not good at some things, but I'm actively trying to be good at them,…