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DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?
“HE LEFT KANSAS CITY IN JULY, wearing a checkered coat and un-matching pants. He had $40 cash, and his imitation-leather suitcase contained only a shirt, two undershorts, two pairs of socks and some drawing materials. But when he paid his fare for the trip to California, he bought a first-class ticket.” Who? The digital world..
TO EVERY SEASON TURN, TURN
FROM A RESULTS STANDPOINT, this has been an amazing year. I haven’t had this much success since the kids were just hopes. Here are the variety of reasons: The kids are gone. Well, technically they’re back. They are adults now, and we run what feels like an AIRBNB while they get their careers going. It’s..
WE ARE SO RICH
THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO IN OUR BIKE COMMUNITY, where we are… and hopefully where you are, too! More clubs. More group rides. More Fondos and Centuries. More bikes for more surfaces. Mobile mechanics, mobile apps. Excellent blogs and podcasts. “TV” covering cycling around the world for pennies. Up in the South Bay there’s..
PAID TO RIDE – SURFER DAN
I MET SURFER DAN ON THE DONUT RIDE. after he’d ripped my legs off on every climb in Palos Verdes. I didn’t know his moniker was Surfer Dan at the time, he was just Dan and he looked like he surfed. But on STRAVA, he shows up as ” … surfer”. Later in the summer..
THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE A KID, especially your own kid, pedal off on two wheels you know her life will never be the same. Her smile is ear to ear. She can fly. For a brief moment you’re cool… then she pedals off with her friends. You may not seem cool, you may not..
EL PISTOLERO GOES OUT WITH A POP
ALBERTO CONTADOR, AKA EL PISTOLERO, left us like a string of firecrackers instead of an M80. He was so close to astonishing, and I think it’s because he just mistimed his taper. I believe he could have beat Chris Froome in the 2017 La Vuelta, and I believe he planned his season around the biggest..
LOTOJA – THIS IS THE END
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE FINISH in Jackson Hole. You still have a good 30 minutes circumnavigating the city, once you’re there. The finish is on a closed road, very straight with a slight curve in the last 1k. Get off you bike and into that stream, it feels amazing. Check the results..
LOTOJA – MOCHA-CHOCA-LATA-YAYA
WHEN YOU WAKE UP WITH CHRISTINA AGUILERA BELTING LADY MARMELADA IN YOUR HEAD, you know it’s gonna be a great day. Those lungs, that bass, you know Joe come what may you’re gonna give it a go! Ride your bike long enough, stuff’s gonna happen. Prepare well enough, and enough will go right that it..
WELP, THIS IS IT
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE DOODOO, the day before some bigrediculousginormous “ride”. Leadville does this to me. Nationals does it, too. If it’s big, my body goes into hibernation. Lethargy sets in. Usually a little fluish. I have a headache. Sitting in bed, with the AC cranked. Allergies? All the smoke the past few days? Altitude?..
RED, RED, LIGHT
Dear Diesel, I don’t have enough experience to know what to do if I’m crossing as the light is turning when riding with a big group… should we slow,stop, go? I would like to learn… Dear Newb, Good question, and one that will be answered differently by different groups. Let’s start with this… nearly EVERY,..
PLAYING IT SMART
I MAY NOT BE AS SMART AS I LOOK, but I’m still pretty darn smart. Dad, you don’t look that smart – is usually the reply. Want proof? Tonight we are going to see Fitz & The Tantrums open for One Republic. Why? Because that’s what the trophy wife requested. Why? Because that’s what she likes..
