meditation

Over the years that I've been riding and writing about bikes a simple truism has emerged, if I'm not riding, then I'm not writing. Almost all of my ideas (at…

I have probably just doomed TCI to all sorts of Google and social media excommunication, but I just have to share this feeling I have, that reality is not at…

I couldn't begin to explain to someone who hasn't been there, what is good about that place. It's a benighted place, but a simpler one as well. When you're…

Does riding a bike make me a better person? Not better that you. That's not what I'm suggesting, even if I have, on occasion, dabbled in self-righteousness.…

On many rides, I unconsciously slip into forgetting I do this because it makes me happy. The ride gets hard in some way, or maybe I start to ride really well,…

I know just enough about bikes to know that I don’t know s#*$ about bikes. And I don’t want the mountain of what I don’t know to ruin the truth of what I do…

One of the miracles of cycling is that it is possibly the perfect sport. It's ideal for someone who wants to get away from the proverbial "it all" for an…