Manna from Santini
I’ve been blogging here about bicycles for over ten years. No one has ever emailed to see if I’d be interested in reviewing their product. I suppose that’s because every …
Bullshit products
Cup
Year before last my friend Tobin gave me a coffee cup. It was big and white enameled and insulated steel. It said “Yeti” on the box, which I’d never heard …
Top cycling trends for 2021
What is a trend? I suppose it depends on which century you prefer to live in. Deriving from the Old English “trendan,” which meant to turn around, revolve, or roll …
More backpack!
I read some cycling resolutions the other day which were thinly disguised marketing pitches to buy more crap. One of them talked about buying plenty of winter cycling gear and …
Bike tour tech revue
The most important change I made was my saddle. After trying a demo leather Brooks saddle for a couple of weeks, I got a Rivet Imogene slotted leather saddle. Rivet’s …
Gravity
Does anyone want to buy a new-in-box Garmin 530? Because I have one and I am selling it cheaply. A weird thing happened to me today, something called Strava. It …
Car shopping!
I finally decided that I can’t live without a car. You want to know the truth? Depending on a bike has ruined my life. And I got up this morning …
The South Face
One of the best lessons I’ve learned about living on my bike is that you are always running into people you know. At first you chalk it up to coincidence …
Rain, rain, go away!
As Fields used to say, “Any knucklehead can finish a ride in the rain. But it takes a hard fucker to start in it.” Fields never let the rain get …
Inspiration!
I think most people have gone through a writing phase. Mine started when I was eight. I was in third grade and my teacher, Mrs. Apel Smith, gave us a …