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Here's a thing I'm bad at and can help you be bad at too. This is no false modesty either. One time I asked my friend Matt for some help replacing a headset. He had a headset…

Maybe it’s just me, or the folks in my orbit, but it feels as though this year 2025 already has taken its toll on us. In my particular case it began by getting the flu while…

Any time I see a very old bicycle, my mind has this habit of telling myself that back in the day it didn't appear so primitive. I want to give those crafters the benefit of…

My cousin Cerys messaged me to say Barry Hoban, one of the very brightest lights of British cycling in the '60s and '70s, had passed away. They were neighbors. I…

When I first learned what a flow state was, I thought it was just a fancy-pants name for feeling good, which is to say I dismissed the concept within a minute or two of…

When do you wait? Groups rides and etiquette? There really is etiquette on a ride. Yes, it does vary. I will post a situation here and seek your input. I have written in…

Some of us aren't really ready to be finished with Paris-Roubaix, so back to the archive for this look at the year Greg LeMond came closest to standing on the podium at the…

I am, mainly through the passage of time, a more patient person than I used to be. Maybe it's all that headwind, streaming over my shoulders that's abraded the harder edges…

My body continually lets me down. Oh, yeah. Sure. It’s amazing. It can do all sorts of things. I can ride a very long way sometimes, but why do I always have to pee? I…

This week, John discusses what he's doing to take care of himself given the uncertainty in the world and the fact that his home is about to get a lot noisier. Patrick is just…