Training for ‘Cross
I recently upgraded my phone, tablet, laptop, and TV to their most modern respective operating systems. These devices are now are so interconnected that they…
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On Rule #74: The Targeting Computer
I could feel the power in my body as I breathed in the warm Spring air and pulled lightly on the handlebars; strength flowed from my lungs and…
The Quick Zip Salute
Diego Ulissi did us all a service on stage 4 of the Giro. Not only did he win in the best way possible for a…
And the 39 Was Clean as a Whistle
I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by…
Lean In, Lean Out
I profess to understand every mannerism and habit of the Cyclist. I’m Dutch, and I’m a writer, so it all comes pretty naturally. The problem…
A Shift In Time
Returning to your roots can be both a rewarding and sobering experience. The nostalgia one feels for the halcyon days of youth, the memories of…
La Vie Velominatus: Standing Grace
We are bipedal creatures. Fact. Bipedal locomotion sucks. Also a fact. This makes being a human somewhat challenging in the sense that we don’t have opposable…
Look Pro: Stay Still
“It’s Francesco Moser, with his distinctive style, his still, aerodynamic position on the bicycle is an imposing sight of almost effortless rotary action.” Whoever the…
The Dangle
As surfing is to skateboarding and vice versa, so is motorcycling to cycling and… yes, ok we’ve mentioned this before, but it bears repeating, or at least…
On Rule #10: The Mandlebrot Set of Pain
My training hasn’t gone as I’d like it to be going. My days keep getting loaded up with things that pay the bills more than…
The Hum
One of the things that strikes me most about the English is they don’t appear to have developed any sort of “inner dialog”. It seems anything…
Look Pro: Going Belgian Style
To keep chickens is to walk a path towards introspection. From the songs they sing after laying an egg (which I assume is “chicken” for…
The Road Less Travelled
I love wine. I mean, I like beer and scotch and can’t resist ordering a Vesper whenever I pretend to be a gentleman spy, but…
The Lowest Common Denominator
Stupidity is a powerful force never to be underestimated. Geese are a good example; a more stupid vertebrate one would be most challenged to come across yet should you…
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Look Pro: The Whale Shark
The Whale Shark is the biggest nonmammalian vertebrate* on the planet, rivaling the dinosaurs for size. How do you feed yourself when you’re that huge without loading up on…
Riding Tempo
Tempo means time in Italian. Riding tempo means riding steadily, like a metronome. It is an important skill to have and since it’s Italian, it…
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Sur La Plaque, Part Trois: Monkey in the Middle
Climbing is something I enjoy more than I am good at it; any time I see a new road pointing up to the heavens, I find…
Urban Riding: The Sanctity of the Bike Lane
There was a time when the world was painted in hues of black and white. Right and Wrong were separated by lines painted in such…
The Curse of Four Millimeters
I don’t know how a guy who shows off the better part of a half meter of seat post comes to the conclusion that his…
Anatomy Of A Photo: Point And Shoot
“You ruined a heap of photos!” Not the words you want to hear when the photos in question are ones you didn’t shoot, but were…