Look at this thin little mustache.
Filippo Pozzato, current leader of the Vuelta a Espana.

I know she’ll be quiet about this, so I thought I’d shoot my big, anonymous mouth about a situation that I heard about from my good friend, who also happens to be our fair city’s bicycle coordinator.
Apparently she was traveling alongside a row of parked cars, as is normal for a bicycle, when a passenger [...]

This freaky guy

August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

He was a customer at my bike shop. Did he buy anything? I don’t know. I know he was known to be difficult.
Read all about him in this fascinating New York Times article.

Picking a fight

August 23, 2008 | 2 Comments

Picture this: I’m five foot two, and I wear glasses. The “Archie” comics teach that no one should ever hit a girl who wears glasses, let alone a petite one.
I was on my way home from a few too many drinks at Redbones, the oasis of beers and cycling sponsorship in Davis Square, when my [...]

I love artisanal bicycle caps. They don’t always suit me, but I always give them a try. Imagine my delight when my own hosting site gave birth to an interesting hat-making project in the hands of s-class, who has been making caps and giving them away anonymously around Boston.
Thinking that I would never, ever stumble [...]

No sales-tax weekend

August 17, 2008 | 2 Comments

It nearly killed me.
The shop was flooded with people who wanted to save $15 on a bike. Though I guess the woman who bought the $2399 Colnago (plus the $1600 Ultegra build kit) probably got a little better deal. On the pleasanter side, I did get to help two couples that I know, and [...]

This is Chris Hoy of Great Britain, co-winner of the men’s team sprint. He could lift my car.

You don’t usually see this kind of celebration in a time trial.

French swimmer Alain Bernard.
Don’t tease him about freedom fries.

For anyone who didn’t see the excellent New York Times article about escalating tempers in the ongoing struggle for turf between cyclists and automobiles, DO read it. It addresses many of the issues about which I have been quietly fuming all summer.
Some interesting words:
“The bottom line, say driving behavior experts, is that the learning curve [...]

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