Video – The Shore
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…
TCI Friday
I want to design a pair of bike shorts with the nice people at Dickies. They already have a line of skateboarding apparel. Why not some bike stuff too?
I…
Padraig’s Cycling Aphorisms
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…
Gardening Is the Point of Gardening
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…
Part of Me
In my dream, I am riding up a steep climb on a narrow road winding through redwoods, barely able to turn the pedals. But I am happy. Ecstatic, really. I am one…
Hey, Just Ride 52
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…
Conversations with Klaus
This past July, I elected myself and a good friend for the TransAlp—a seven-day mountain bike stage race from Austria to Italy. 308 miles, 57,000 feet of…
Revolting 99
Failing to Succeed. This week we’re talking about things that we’re not very good at, like podcasting, but still really enjoy. Basically, we’re taking failure…
TCI Friday
The bike-related injury (BRI) that kept me off the bike the longest was a cracked collarbone (which led to frozen shoulder) that took me out of circulation for…
To Love and To Be In Love
I met my wife on a college camping trip in 1992. At the time I was trying not to spend the week drunk beyond imagining. A friend convinced me to sign up for…