Last week I mentioned that the Canadian Gravel Nationals were cancelled after the elite men's podium had already finished, and here's the story from the guy who would have been the winner: I honestly did not expect this degree of introspetion: Posting on social media, in my new role as a privateer, is a challenge.... Continue Reading →

Well, make sure you're paid up on those obsolescence insurance premiums, because here comes the future of road bikes: Now your Fred Sled will be able to warn you about everything from encroaching Hyundais to approaching hairpins: This breakthrough intelligent system architecture for road bikes is designed to see what you don’t see. Rather than... Continue Reading →

Yesterday I needed to make a trip to a large home improvement store, and the most convenient one is at the mall behind which the forbidding Trails Behind The Mall are behind. This was of course just the excuse I needed to strap a bike to the roof of THE CAR THAT I OWN and... Continue Reading →

I think we're all old enough to remember this guy, right? Sure we are. Well then you'll all get the reference when I say that in America, rider abandon race... ...but in Soviet Union Canada, race abandon you! Apparently it was too hot: Can you cancel a race after it has finished? That is the... Continue Reading →

Further to yesterday's post, in which I mentioned the Continental Divide rider who had to abandon the race due to a borken crabon bicycle, a reader noted he could have been back on the trail in minutes if only he'd been carrying a simple repair kit: https://youtube.com/shorts/A80s23lAJzY?si=BQY560dZKf0EiV8G That's pretty cool. How is every single ultra-endurance... Continue Reading →

Thank you from the bottom of my saddlebag for the heart-felt (I'm assuming) Blog-A-Versary well-wishings and for your generous contributions, in return for which you will now receive another half-assed blog post, which hardly seems fair. But life isn't fair, is it? Just ask the guy who was embarking upon the 2,700 Tour Divide race... Continue Reading →

Tomorrow is a very special day, and not just because it's Worldwide Knit In Public Day: Though that is pretty DARN important. No, what makes tomorrow truly important is that it is the Nineteenth Anniversary of This Blog, which I started over here way back on June 13th, 2007. Every year I think to myself... Continue Reading →

Lately I've been riding this 1999 GT XCR 1000, and I've been having a lot of fun: And of course part of the fun is that it's a full-suspension bike, and therefore a novelty to me, as I tend to avoid that sort of thing. Still, fun is fun, and riding an old full-suspension bike... Continue Reading →

As befits the title of this blog I try to remain aloof, but the unfortunate truth is I'm not always successful because it's ONE GODDAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER and it's extremely difficult to retain my composure when I'm beset on all sides by lies, frippery and nonsense--and when it comes to those three things the... Continue Reading →

It feels like hardly any time has passed at all, yet today it's been exactly one year since, for unhappy reasons, this bicycle came into my possession: So I marked the occasion by taking it for a ride yesterday, and purists may be pleased to see that I've put cyclocross tires on it: I mean... Continue Reading →