Going somewhere?
Where I live right now is one of those small cities where no one uses a bicycle, or few enough to say no one. I Continue reading
Author Archives: littlejar
On Helmets, Part II.
Several years ago I wrote an essay entitled: “On Helmets”, it was an exploration of why some professional cyclists still hung on to the practice Continue reading
Seattle Saturday July R+R – let’s ride.
R+E is not open yet but if it was I’d go in and ask an obscure question about obscure parts and dream of a new Continue reading
Small victories.
Cycling: Still riding every day, but haven’t gotten out for any real jaunts. I didn’t start this morning with a bike ride as I properly Continue reading
And all I wanted was one billion.
No, this was not found in The Onion. The psychotic totalitarian government of North Korea demands, get this: $65,000,000,000,000, or sixty five trillion dollars in Continue reading
Most challenging (bicycle) repair ever: conquered
Imagine you need to change the cable on your dream honey road bike, the one you adore, and you come across this: Pictured here is Continue reading
Don’t Happy Be Worry.
Something for your head, from a Bosnian artist I heard about on NPR. He’s pretty good. Just good beats and strange video. Not overly cerebral, Continue reading
What is ‘maintenance camp’? Good question.
Maintenance camp’s call sign in 358 FS was “Maintenance One.” and the best part of it was, it was run by an overweight guy that was simply called Goob, a 20 year lifer that did not make it past E5 because of his girth, but this man could run out, take over a launch emergency, and get a jet ready to taxi like nothing you’ve ever seen. Continue reading
Maintenance camp crucible.
As I work along, surrounded by noise, I am in a world of difficulty and challenge and I am too close to a busy road Continue reading
“You need to work on your ‘soft sell’”
The building is our civilization. A fire is consuming the building, at a pace of such slow and corrosive nature as to not make us think ‘fire’. The fire is our addiction to fossil fuels. It is going to destroy our home Continue reading
Alles Auf Basso
Ivan Basso in the lead by something like 51 seconds, taking the pink jersey from David Arroyo in today’s Giro stage. I saw it on Continue reading
The citra solv duz wondas
On this week’s edition of “This Old Bike”, we are working with a classic USA made Trek 950, from the 80s, one of Norm’s favorite Continue reading