I rode a bicycle on Sunday. For an hour. I choose the Surly Steamroller to be the first bike I built up out of the box. And boxes there are several. I went with the Surly a) I like her a great deal and b) because fixed gear bikes are pretty god damn simple. Put [...]

I’ve had my head in a book all day Saturday. I don’t know up from down. Go figure. Then I read about this. Damn. She was 22. From: Cameron Subject: [from DC...] Hey big Johnny, thought about writing for a while. A friend from college, an absolutely great and amazing person, was killed by a [...]

The first race report from this year’s Leadville 100. Snake, still waiting on yours… From: Jon Subject: Leadville Hey Jonny, Here’s a race report. I hope it isn’t too long. The big story was toeing the line with legendary cyclists at Leadville: Dave Wiens, Jake “The Snake” Rubelt, and, of course, Lance Armstrong. Well, I [...]

I only hope so… Bicyclists to get own day on Chicago streets Parkways will be closed to autos What would streets be like without cars? You’ll have a chance to find out on two Sundays in October. A network of inner-city boulevards will be closed to automobile traffic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on [...]

A Bend bicyclist died after his bicycle struck an SUV in southeast Bend late Wednesday afternoon, police said. Callers to Deschutes County dispatch around 4:15 p.m. said a bicyclist was down near the corner of Southeast 2nd Street and Miller Avenue (north of Wilson Avenue) and was bleeding from the head and not breathing. Late [...]

Cyclist McCall dies in accident One of Northern Ireland’s best known cyclists, Davy McCall, has been killed in a road crash outside Crumlin. The 46-year-old, a member of the Maryland Wheelers club in Lisburn, was involved in a collision with a car on at Nutts Corner on Tuesday night. McCall, who took part in the [...]

I started writing this post back before I sold my house in Flagstaff and moved to Phoenix. That’d make this thing a least three weeks ride. It is still worth posting? Probably. People are still taking about gas prices. And people are still chanting the mantra of “Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.” Rings about [...]

I can’t say I’ll rush right out and see this one. But, then again, I’m not all that sure I won’t see it either. George W. Bush, by Oliver Stone Well, looky here, someone went and “leaked” the trailer for “W.“, Oliver Stone’s upcoming film about our commander in chief, onto YouTube. The cast is [...]

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Another one in from our boy Response: From: Response Subject: Re: fuck dc (big jon) Hey, I kept humming the Montey Python tune “Never be rude to an Arab” while I was doing my thing in Malaysia. But man, they say america is overweight and stupid is the pot calling the kettle black when it [...]

One time out on the road, a few years ago, when I actually rode a bike more than once every two weeks (yeah, it’s that bad), my man Philly told me “Take it easy on me. I’m an old man” or some shit like that. I looked at him and said something along the lines [...]