I have dedicated my life to cycling. This is because there is so much that is wonderful about it: the joy...the freedom...the exhilaration... But what I love even more than any of those things is that it requires no personal growth from me whatsoever. See, in real life, no matter how obstinate you may be,... Continue Reading →

All this talk of Meh-roica bikes last week compelled me to head out on one this past Friday as soon as I concluded my broadcast day: This in turn finally compelled me to do a little more primping: After acquiring this bike very inexpensively last April, I pledged to spend absolutely no money on it,... Continue Reading →

Further to yesterday's post, in which I singlehandedly came up with the brilliant idea of a celebratory ride for not-quite-vintage bicycles, there's clearly lots of interest in Meh-roica, so even though I'm never, ever going to organize it let's just pretend I am: Speaking of pretending, the above flyer is obviously 100% AI-generated, which cost... Continue Reading →

Way back in 2014 I rode in L'Eroica--the one in Italy, no less: I rode it as a guest of Brooks, makers of fine dead cow bicycle saddles, and apart from the aforelinked post everything I wrote about it was for their blog, which no longer exists. They say the Internet is forever, but as... Continue Reading →

In recent years we've all had to adjust to the fact that Portland's (the one in Oregon) heyday as a cycling superpower is far behind it, but is Copenhagen meeting the same fate? If so, you can blame young people, who as we all know are ruining everything: This decline may seem modest, but at... Continue Reading →

Imagine you're living in an alternate dimension, one in which bicycles make sense. It's 2026, and a mainstream company is introducing a new mountain bike. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Oq0tU9Slg Sadly we don't live in that dimension, we live in this one. Here, bicycles don't make any sense. So Marin made only like 400 of these,... Continue Reading →

***Please Note: This blog will be closed on Monday, September 7th for Laborious Day, though you're welcome to come in anyway and rummage around, as long as you leave things more or less as you found them. I'll be back on Tuesday. And yes, I know I just took a vacation, but so what?*** Hey!... Continue Reading →

This past Tuesday I mentioned the erstwhile "Cockie" award, and lately it seems like the universe is telling me to bring it back: Though this particular specimen could just as easily qualify for a JBARA award in the fixie category: And yes, if you're reading this you should already know that JBARA stands for "Just... Continue Reading →

America. Sure, we've got our problems, but let's set the cynicism aside and take a moment to unironically appreciate how lucky we are to live here. We've got fifty--count 'em, 50!--fun-filled states brimming with every sort of terrain and retail establishment and lunatic you could possibly imagine. It's like Canada if it were interesting. But... Continue Reading →

Further to yesterday's post, a reader or two noted I didn't mention which bike I took with me on vacation: Please be advised that is not the bike I took with me on vacation, though it is a bike I saw while I was on vacation. Here is a spectral image of my reflection while... Continue Reading →