It’s all in how you view your cycling preferences. There isn’t just one way to ride a bike or enjoy cycling. Sure, there are common threads of the sport, but being on a road bike on a drop ride, clipped in a speed, isn’t the only way to partake in the joy of cycling. After […]
Flat Pedals, Fat Tires, Kickstands and Straight Handlebars Read More »
It started as almost a whim back in 1998. My then-14-year-old youngest son, Drew, said the two seaters on a rally in Arizona: “That looks like fun, Dad,” he said. So when I returned home, I found my first adult tandem in the basement of my LBS. The 1994 Trek T-50 hybrid, steel-framed beast was
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At one time riding my bike consumed my days. Relationships were built around riding. I rode hundreds of miles a week and thousands every year. My social life revolved around my collection of bikes. Then things started unraveling. COVID ended. The relationship ended. The bike group shunned me. I fell during a rally and broke
I Fell Off My Bike…and into the Kitchen Read More »
Imagine if you will a self-contained world of a rolling adventurous graphic communicator… Wait, I was all set to cue the Twilight Zone music, but even this story is a bit beyond that realm. At the center of my PNW cycling adventure is Jody. My bike packing expert and the chief resident of the Pink
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She peers over his shoulder as the bike rounds the corner. “On your left” takes on a whole new meaning when it’s a terrier muzzle that’s pointing the way. From trailers to tethers to backpacks, dog lovers have found all manner of methods to include their furry family member in their cycling passion. My group
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
Amazing What a Little Dog Can Do Read More »
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
Riding Bikes versus Beating the Clock Read More »
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
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