TCI Friday

TCI Friday works best when you participate. This is meant to be a conversation. Converse! A few years ago, I bought a cheap bike rack for my basement. The…

TCI Friday works best when you weigh in, in the comments. Read and react. Do it. We need you. I just shouldn't have bought it. It was slightly too large for…

I show up at your house. It's weird, because you don't know me, but I'm on a bike, so you answer the front door despite your misgivings. First, I explain who I…

You're supposed to drink 43 glasses of water a day, basically triple your body weight. If at all possible, this should be "spring" water, bottled at the…

I had been in Seattle for 3 or 4 days, running around from bike shop to bike shop, down to Portland and back up. I hosted an event at the Rapha space. I took…

You love riding bikes, which is different than being in love with riding bikes. It's like any relationship really. Sometimes it burns with passion; sometimes…

Today is my 50th birthday, which doesn't mean much, unless you're me. I woke up with a plan for an epic hike with friends, but then tested positive for Covid…

When I was about 6, some local kids, teenagers, built a little plywood bridge over the rain ditch that separated our houses from the woods, the easier to…

In my work, I have the opportunity to speak with bike shop owners all over the country. Right now, there is really only one conversation, and that is, when…

There are certain things, innocuous facts, that say a lot about your cycling life, like if you own more than three bikes, or if you spend one day a year…