Aug
7
Other cyclists: Things that will make me not respect you
August 7, 2009 | 8 Comments
I was thinking today (while riding my bike of course, a wonderful time to think) about all the things that people do on the bike which I am able to recognize from afar that make me have no respect whatsoever for their skills on the bike. I might like some help with this from readers [...]
May
20
I am terrible at putting on handlebar wrap
May 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
How is it possible that I can be so hideously inept at this most basic of bike maintenance activities?
Today I managed to install two new chainrings without having to undo everything and redo it multiple times. Not so for the bar tape. That I can never do on the first try.
All thumbs. No skill.
Apr
8
Women: What’s wrong with us?
April 8, 2009 | 1 Comment
This from a column of breaking news on the New York Times online at 9:35pm on April 8.
Jan
15
Gosh, you all are boring.
Jan
7
Why is VeloNews offering a radar detector deal?
January 7, 2009 | 2 Comments
So we can all go faster in our cars? And scare the crap out of any cyclists we happen to pass?(Mind you, at $499.99, I am not enticed.)
Though I dislike The Man as much as the next irritable cyclist who has seen many sketchy automobile vs. bicycle actions go unnoticed under the nose of a [...]
Oct
24
Crazy shit
October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Scotch tape emits X-rays.
Sarah Palin’s makeup stylist earned $22,800 in two weeks.
Should I go on?
Sep
30
“Do you feel safe…?”
September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I was just leaving my yoga class (yes, I know, yoga is for pussies, but I do the hardest variety, and it serves as a nice diversion when I get emotionally fatigued of riding my bike, which actually does happen); I was unlocking my bike, when one of my “classmates” paused and pointed at my [...]
Aug
25
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.
Aug
14
L’Incroyable Hulk?
August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
French swimmer Alain Bernard.
Don’t tease him about freedom fries.
Jul
10
Is she Italian?
July 10, 2008 | 1 Comment
This level of jersey-openage isn’t often seen in the women’s ranks.
It reminds me of an Italian superstar, the great Salvatore Commesso – wearer of unusual facial hair, trimmer of jersey sleeves, and overall flashy cheeseball.
