A few weeks ago, Rapha sent over the Women’s Winter Tight for review. I took them out for a week’s worth of rides including a few (2-hour) commutes and two 4-hour training rides and then wrote a re-cap of first impressions for the next issue of Peloton Magazine. Since then, they’ve been on heavy rotation [...]
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Women Who Ride: Rhiannon Millar, Age 13
This is the second interview in my follow up to the Women Who Ride piece I wrote for the Oregonian. I’m so glad to be able to publish Rhiannon’s complete responses because she’s articulate and thoughtful as well as inspiring. This interview gave me a lot of hope for the future of bicycles – if [...]
Continue ReadingHistorical Field Notes: Complications and F*cked Up Boys from the 90′s
Digging through notes of last summer’s tour in preparation for next week’s adventure down the Pacific Coast from Aptos to ?? (wherever I end up?) On August 21, 2010, I rode north through Victoria, BC toward Sidney, where I intended to nab a ferry. I took the Galloping Goose Trail, which brought me, at some [...]
Continue ReadingI Used to Ride Bikes. A Lot. (Guest Post by Matt O’Rourke)
My dear friend Matt O’Rourke wrote this earlier this week and nearly made my little bicycle heart break with longing and happiness. He has kindly agreed to let me publish it here as a guest post. Matt and I are old buddies from my advertising days in San Francisco. We reunited a few years ago [...]
Continue ReadingDear Diary 012: A Twig Snapping
Cyclists crash all the time. I realize I’m not special. But hitting the ground the way I did 12 days ago – and what happened in the time that it took me to get to the pavement – jarred me in a way that other accidents haven’t. In my description of the crash I write [...]
Continue ReadingStupid, Cruel and Terrible: Cyclocross Love Affair Re-ignited
I should be running. That's the first thought that comes into my mind as my knees hit the hard wood of the footbridge. .018 seconds ago I'd been in motion and now I am stopped. I warned Peithman about this fucking bridge. I warned her that it was slippery, to watch her footing, to use caution. Wasn't I listening?
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