Fire. Fighter.
Jack and I started up the bottom of Deer Creek, and if you haven’t figured it out by then, you’re going to figure it out shortly: Jack Nosco is a …
Rides
Dirty diaper
It had been an easy day, but it was getting to the hard part of the day. The easy part was the 30-mile bike ride and the burrito. The easier …
Stuff you don’t need
There are many benefits to car-ditching and riding your bike mostly everywhere. One of those benefits is realizing how useless most bike stuff is. When you ride your bike to …
Girls v. Boys
I showed up for what I thought was going to be a mellow Cali Riderz group cruise on Saturday. I was still tired from the Holiday Ride beatdown and hollerfest. …
It’s too expensive!!!!!!!
I love it when some wanker on a $6,000 bike and electronic drivetrain who’s wearing a $1k kit/shoe/helmet combo bitches about the entry fee for Phil’s Fondo, a gravel ride, …
Slog
It is hard to keep going. The road doesn’t always seem like it’s going to end. And when it does, the finish may be … not good. Some people keep …
Memory
We are a concatenation of memory. Without it we don’t exist, with it we are formed exactly as we are. Memory is a trap and a lie but it is …
Report card
I finished my 2-week intensive German course at the Vienna branch of the Goethe Institut on Friday. It’s hard to compare courses because I’ve never taken one before. On the …
BWR technical tips: The devil’s in the dirty details
I know it’s too late. “The hay is in the barn,” as G$ likes to say. However, you’re still signed up for the BWR, so rather than exhort you to …
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Santa Claus in March
I was sitting in the car trying to stay warm before the race began, wondering where our fearless leader G$ was. He always gets to races with plenty of time …