Op-Ed

The yell from behind sounded too close to have been caused by anyone but me. The reason and its simplicity resulted from the fact that our group had stretched into a thread…

Resolutions are like opinions (no, not like that), they're easy to articulate, and harder to put into practice. Though I'm skeptical of my own ability to stay on target, I'm…

Bikes, bikes, bikes. Bicycles. New ones. Old ones. Parts. Tire pressure. Functional Threshold Power. Head tube angle. Chainstay length. Hydration. Safety. Advocacy and…

When I write, I do so to an imaginary ideal reader. That reader is smart, smarter than me, well-read, funny and devoted to cycling in a way we devote ourselves to anything…

What's wrong with you? I usually leave the question until the end, you know, to build some suspense, to be a little coy, maybe even flirty, but it's straight to business…

One conversation I've had a few times recently, with a few different bike shop owners, is about the lack of differentiation in the road bike market over the last couple…

Freestyle is what it sounds like, a departure from the rigid structure of our Monday through Friday bike banter, a chance to explore other topics, other formats, and other…

The best bike trick of all time is the wheelie. Don't even come at me. Sure, there are a million tricks harder to do, but the wheelie is the OG. It's trick zero. When I was…

I’m not one to engage routines for the sake of discipline. As the guitarist Robert Fripp said, “Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.” So while…

I don't want to talk to you about tire pressure, not because tire pressure isn't important, but because I've already talked about it so much. I'm just at a point where I'd…