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Bash and Pop isn't just the rock band Tommy Stinson put together after the Replacements broke up. It's also a rudimentary technique for clearing obstacles on a bike on a…

With Halloween behind us (if just barely), some folks begin to think about what travel they want to do in the coming year. Well, rather than simply write about my favorite…

I don't normally post videos on Tuesdays, but there's a new Chris Akrigg video here, and I'm an unabashed fan of this guy's riding. Here are three minutes of naturalist,…

For as long as I’ve been on this planet, and it’s probably a hellava lot longer than most would guess, I’ve believed watching someone’s head as they nod off can be the…

Don’t you hate it when…. Riding bikes is awesome. But still, shit doth happen. Clipping In. Or not. I’ve been riding clipped in since forever and I wouldn’t have it…

I'm a daydreamer. And when I daydream, I daydream this. One of my Welsh cousins did a world tour in her twenties. She went everywhere. And when she stopped off with me in…

I recently finished the novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin. It’s about a woman who is a video game developer. It’s a runaway best seller, which…

You wouldn't expect me to be discussing the yield of our home garden, but I found myself at a table with two friends who care an awful lot about how many tomatoes, heads of…

PHOTO CREDIT: UW-Whitewater/Craig Schreiner Trapped. That’s what it felt like. All eyes were focused on me, and the unnerving feeling that accompanies that situation…