Op-Ed

Padraig here, pinch hitting for Robot, whose Instagram feed is brimming with summertime views of New Zealand. The text messages I've gotten him are the stuff of epic,…

I thought I knew what I thought about a thing, an unimportant thing, and then Padraig said what he thought about it, and that threw the whole thing into confusion again.…

I'm not getting any younger and neither are you. It's a cruel fact, but maybe a useful one, because here's the thing, life benefits from urgency. If we had all the time in…

I'm not sure how old I was when I both recognized AND accepted that I was past my peak. As a lifelong soccer player, I could tell at 34 that I was losing top end sprint…

I can't say for certain where it came from, or when, but somewhere along my amazing journey as a writer and a rider I learned to rely heavily on my gut instincts, my heart…

I have friends who get the pump out before every bike ride. They top up to some specific tire pressure they have decided is the right one for them. Sometimes I'm invited to…

We’ve got a question from Producer-at-Large John. He asks: Why does a bike seem to be just the right speed to facilitate a deeper level of comprehension of the world? Cars…

I love bikes, and I love new bikes, and I love new bike technology. I love that companies continue to push on various aspects of design to improve and innovate. I just don't…

Thanksgiving. Doing anything meaningful in a group requires negotiation. Who's gonna make the stuffing? When should we eat? Who's going to wash the dishes? If you're a…

When I wrote my first Thanksgiving post more than 15 years ago, I felt driven to express my gratitude for a friend who was moving away. We'd pedaled thousands of miles…