Cycling, Mountain Biking

Try Not to Get Chills

6 Comments 20 April 2008

I did not TT today as planned.  I left the snow and sleet and rain to the hardmen and I followed my gut, which was following my heart, which was following my joy. I rode my new mountain bike in Forest Park with friends.  Then I went into the darkroom to do some printing. It [...]

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Cycling, Life, Mountain Biking

Confessions of a Front Brake Masher

1 Comment 03 June 2007

And Physics said, “Thou shalt not grab thine front break in a panic whilst descending. Particularly so when thou art descending quickly over a large tree root in the middle of the trail.” Blessed be the Word of Physics. Indeed. Such blasphemy invokes an epic battle – the struggle of momentum, deceleration, and center-of-gravity. You’re [...]

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