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A Year of Shelter

Life changed for us 365 days ago. I doubt you or anyone you know would have been willing to guess that the life you're living today was even possible. It was certainly beyond…

TCI Friday

I got a new car, which is an odd way to open a column about cycling, but here we are. I got a new car, and that necessitates the acquisition of a new bicycle carrying system.…

Desire

We live in an acquisitive world. More stuff, bigger cars, larger homes, faster computers, we're implored by the advertisers to improve our lives with their hawked wares. …

Up

When I think back on my earliest memory of a bicycle and a hill, what I recall is the down, the building momentum, wind in hair, the involuntary grin. Turning around to go…

TCI Friday

I have a single-speed (currently fixed) bike with a basket, that I use for errands. You know the winter is wearing thin when you fantasize about riding to the grocery store…

Close That Gap

We've all heard that phrase. I've heard it end with a period, a simple declaration of something so obvious it needs no inflection. By the simple clarity of my role as a…

TCI Friday

Here we are half-a-year into this crazy TCI experiment, a web site, a publication, a community weekly of sorts, and so we've been talking over what's gone right so far, and…

What We Would Say

I chose cycling because it's the only time I don't feel like a klutz.I chose cycling because I can't stick the ball. I chose cycling because I didn't play team sports.I chose…

TCI Friday

As with most sports, cycling's portrayal in "civilian" cinema has almost always lacked the notes of authenticity that would convince a "real" cyclist they were watching…

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