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Q&A: Cyclocross Cliques, XTerra Dares, Favorite Bikes

2 Comments 04 March 2010

John says: What’s your favorite bike and favorite type of riding? Ouch! Favorite bike! That’s a tough one. To be honest, my favorite bike is a figment of my memory. It was a vintage Pogliaghi that Sal gave to me to use when I met him. A “friend” of ours took it and never returned it. It’s a [...]

Life

Ask Me Anything

18 Comments 03 March 2010

Ouch. My little writing mind is fo-frazzleed from too much jobby-job word making. I need a distraction. Let’s chat. Ask me anything. No, really. Anything. I’ll answer whatever I can and whatever won’t get me arrested. In the meantime, the editorial calendar is looking good. Stay tuned for: Thoughts on the state of women in cycling from a female bike [...]

Food, Photos

Photo Flashback: New Years Eve Dinner with the Siciliani

4 Comments 02 March 2010

Meals with Sal’s family in Little Sicily (his childhood home) are something to behold. Whether it’s a weeknight dinner or a big to-do like the New Years Eve spread below, I’m consistently floored, humbled and honored to be around the table. These images never quite made it to prime time after our holiday visit, so I’m providing [...]

Photos

Photos: An 85-Mile Bay Area Epic

8 Comments 01 March 2010

Nothing like a big-assed bike ride to welcome you home. San Jose to Los Gatos (over the hills via Kennedy Road), Los Gatos to Saratoga via Highway 9, up and over a few winery climbs, past Stevens Creek Down and out to Los Altos. Fast track on Foothill Expressway to Sand Hill then over to Portola [...]

Cycling

Masters Nationals is Coming to the Big, Beautiful Bend!

0 Comments 25 February 2010

Bend, Oregon is kicking all kinds of major cycling-event ass right now – and USAC is noticing. After delivering a slam-dunk this year with U23/Elite/Juniors nationals in July and Cyclocross Nationals in December, Bend’s officially been awarded Masters Nationals for 2011 and 2012. Congrats, shiny high-desert Oregon mountain town! (And big ups to Doug LaPlaca and [...]

Life

A Call to Arms

10 Comments 25 February 2010

I don’t know how to do this, so I’m just going to come out and say it: one of my very good friends was diagnosed with breast cancer yesterday afternoon. I came home from a dinner with Sal and checked my email and there it was in my inbox. Electronic sucker punch take down. Bam. Gut blow. This [...]

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A Video Answer to the “How is Tucson?” Question

Added on 05 January 2010

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The house is quiet. Two owls live in the tree outside. A gang of coyotes are throwing a wild party somewhere out in that blackness. The roads are long and sunny and swooping and fast. Today during a 2.5 hour ride I hit two National Parks. My buddy Michael Longmire is here and his wheel is [...]