Op-Ed

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

This post was inspired by previous Paceline co-host Patria Vandermark. Her post is longer than this, but we want to go straight to the money quote: "I love it when…

The dancing flames of my campfire typically leave me in more of a meditative trance than an antsy-pantsy buzz. Come morning, I’ll ride down to the base of Paulina Peak and…

Each summer we christen our annual road trip with a stay at the Newberry National Volcanic Monument outside of Bend, Oregon. For the past four years, I’ve tested my…

I met Hal in the 1980s when I was assigned to work on the other side of the Park Workstand from him at The Peddler Bike Shop in Memphis. We couldn't have been more different.…