Op-Ed

There was a time in my cycling life when I wanted to burrow as deep into the culture as I could, the inside jokes, the inside knowledge, looking just right, knowing all the…

I was as new as a kid in diapers. Cycling was easy. I climbed on and I pedaled. I changed gears when the pedaling was too hard or too easy. Everything was obvious as hunger.…

There is an argument to be made that I was never really in the loop. Despite working in the industry for more than a decade, I've always tucked myself away in a far corner.…

I'd just finished my first time trial and, standing near the finish, waiting to hear my time, I chatted with friends and compared notes on the handful of rolling hills, the…

A brand is an idea, an extension of a company's ideals, that gets projected out into the market/world, tested for truth over time, and in positive cases, can serve as a sort…

Hey Stevil. How does one find their place in the cycling world as a weirdo and a misfit? Asking for a friend. Also, what does Joe Parkin's hair smell like? --Donal …

The big events loom at the end of the week, part payday, part bill to be paid. How much is investment and how much is collection varies as much as the events themselves.…

I am in favor of performance-enhancing drugs, as long as the performance is mine, and the drugs are coffee and another cup of coffee. Some of my friends don't understand why,…

Happy Monday! Some of you have been reading me for years. You know me better than I do. Some of you have not been reading me for years. Lucky you! Maybe you only think of me…

Any shoe is a bike shoe once you slap it on a pedal, so in effect, I have a closet full of cycling shoes. That said, I'm a devotee of the tippy-tappy variety that attaches to…