Op-Ed

Most of my riding of late is with friends, rather than the meditative solo rambling I gravitate to naturally. Riding with other people means riding a little faster and a…

If you ride, you crash. This we know. Last year alone I had three bad ones. You know the kind I mean. Not just “managed exits” that leave your friends laughing and hoping the…

There are days when I want calm, want remove, want to shut much of the world away. Like cutting fat from meat, I eliminate email, social media, the phone, the to-do list, the…

I am over-biked. That's a term I just made up, and it means that I have nicer bikes than my talent, speed, stamina, etc. could ever justify. That's if you believe that you…

This is how reckless I am. I had to look up where the race was. It's next weekend. My wife laughed and asked how it is I do this to myself, and I explained that I try…

I was a lazy kid. I want that out front lest my parents read this and think I'm trying to pass myself off as some paragon of mental fortitude. I shirked with world-class…

In my lines of work (many lines, too many lines), there isn't anything like a true vacation. I might be away from home, with my family, in a place where ice cream and…

I don't concern myself, overly much, with what other people are doing. I guess I pay attention to my friends, and I follow the antics of a few of cycling's more interesting…

AMERICA, ST. (TBMCIH) — The Cycling Independent, currently the fast-growing independent media brand is bolstering its presence in cycling by announcing the acquisition…

Hi Stevil, I have two questions I was hoping you could help me with. Lately when I go for rides the bottoms of my feet get really hot, like they feel like they…