My best friend and soulmate has left us. He’d lived a rich and full life and enriched mine beyond measure. He left us much like he had arrived. Quietly and close. From the moment he joined me on my morning walk so many years ago until we finally parted, he was my closest and best […]
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My name is Collateral Damage. Call me CD for short. I’m the guy women fall for or connect with before they find the next guy. Or THE guy as they say. Someone to keep the fires burning until they get The One they really want. The One who isn’t us. But it happens. I was
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Over time rallies went from being almost a lark to being a veritable drag race to finish (see my blog about “remember this is supposed to be fun”). And, also, as time has gone on, things have come full circle. Today a friend related how she could have probably ridden a longer distance at a
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Lately, I’ve been trying to find the fun in cycling again. My injuries from my Tour de Zona fall put me into a 7-week off-the-bike situation and it caused me to think about where cycling fits into my life. Again. There was a time, back in the mid 20-teens, that I would take in the
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This is a recurring theme in my life. Trying to decide if it is a good thing or a not-so-good thing. People come into and go out of each other’s lives with regularity. For the most part to fill a gap. To fill a need or solve an immediate issue. I seem to be a
It started out as a whim. My friend and bike builder/tuner, Nikolaus, suggested the idea to me on a car ride to and from a rally. “Have you considered a single speed?” “Not really. Why should I?” And from there sprang my Witerok Crossbyrd. Rebuilt from an E-Bay cast off, it features a single chain
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Until yesterday afternoon I could get on my bike at any time and just go. Until yesterday afternoon I loved riding with a group. Until yesterday afternoon I could find ways to process things on my bike. But not after yesterday afternoon. I got stuck in the past. Literally stuck in one place. Unable to
It started quite by accident. What began as a way to track and share statistics from recreational activities became a way to tell stories. Not long ones, mind you, but at least a fun title, a few words and some pictures. Most of the runners, walkers and cyclists I know and spend time with use
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Independence and sense of self is measured and shown in many ways. We all want “be me” or “stand on our own two feet.” Doing it and showing it become intertwined sometimes. Most of the time we do it just for ourselves to prove the point. For one of my cycling friends her moment came
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An innocuous enough number. But when paired behind another number-2, 3, 4 and so on—its meaning changes. Not that we like to talk about the “a” word – age – in this space, but this number came up as both my sister and I are experiencing a “9” birthday this year. In many respects a
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