TCI Friday

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 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…

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? …

Oh, here in the Northern Hemisphere we're getting into a real glove-y time of year, and longtime readers will know this is an accessory with which I am…

Wednesday is normally a ride day. We have a standing group ride, gravel or mountain bikes, that leaves around 7:30am. Last Wednesday, however, I had a…

Allow me to describe for you, a coin with two sides, as if there is any other kind. On side one, you have a riding companion who is not having the best day,…

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…

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…

It didn't make sense at first glance, one bike, one rider, four legs. Then I got closer. There was a kid on the back, which explained why the rider, also a…

Just maybe what clouded my decisions appeared as plain as the nose on my face, which, by the way, sucked in the smoky haze as if nothing hung in the air other…