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Golden Age?

Are we living in the Golden Age of Cycling? I think a case can be made for it.   I understand others have proposed the Golden Age of Cycling was in decades past. Please,

TCI Friday – Hang Gliders

When you’ve spent enough time doing something that it could literally be counted as a lifetime of its own, well, you’re committed. Or, maybe you should be committed. I can

TCI Friday – Shade

Oh, how the mind wanders when you’re out roaming around on your bike! These mindless questions linger for each thought that rises from the cosmos: Do these details really

TCI Friday – Out-and-Back

I suppose it always comes down to your frame of mind at the moment, but it’s a lot like people and their hair. If you have curly hair, you want to straighten it out. If you

At Which the World Goes Quiet

When I was new at writing about cycling, I carried the evangelist's certainty that I had the answer. It was an answer that would work for anyone. Anxious? Go for a bike ride.

TCI Friday – FIRE!

Rumbling down I-84 through the Columbia Gorge counting down the miles that will end a more than harrowing conclusion to our summer road trip with our travel trailer hitched

Goldilocks and Her Bike

The question I was asked is straightforward enough: "Why does a bike seem to be just the right speed to facilitate a deeper level of comprehension of the world? Cars are too

TCI Friday – Stranded

Listening to the gentle rush of the Twisp River flowing over a colorful kaleidoscope of bedrock as deer stroll through the campground undaunted grazing here and there, the

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