As a disclaimer, up front, I was given a copy of THE URBAN CYCLIST’S SURVIVAL GUIDE to review. I want to be honest with this review, because I think as a cyclist I have an obligation to ensure we as a cycling community are doing good for ourselves, not harm. I did not pay for [...]

There are things in each of our lives that make us giddy to jump out of bed in the morning and take on the world with a cheek to cheek smile. Things that provide pure joy no matter the circumstance. Never mind the throbbing hangover, you relationship problems, or your dead end job. These afflictions are [...]

Over the past few years we have seen the popularity of fat bikes grow exponentially. With the mainstream availability of affordable complete builds from the likes of Salsa and Surly, we are now starting to see a rapid evolution in gear. Titanium frames, carbon forks, more tire selection than ever, and even rumors of a full suspension frame. But the [...]

  I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while, but the move to Colorado from Arizona derailed me for quite a while, so I hadn’t had a chance to thoroughly test these shoes. In the little free time I did have, I ended up redesigning my website…I’m new to the world of html, [...]

If you’re a DC Facebook fan, you may have seen the question of the day today. For those of you who aren’t savvy enough with the Interwebz to figgur out the Bookface, here it is: Q: What’s really expensive, about 400mm long, and sounds like a thousand crunchy tacos? Winner gets D2′s undying respect. Ha! [...]

Ok just so I clear some air with a lot of questions that I get before and after the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race. I get a lot of what do I drink and what do I eat questions. Please people do your research find out what works best for you. In the last couple [...]

Over the past few years I have become a fan of eating as much “real” food as possible while I am on long rides. I have found that a good sandwich and some fruit makes me feel a lot better than a Cliff bar and a gel packet. Everybody knows that if you feel good,  [...]

The other night I was hanging out at the ol’ Dude N’ Hug watching Vancouver get the snot slapped out of ‘em by perhaps my least favorite hockey team in the NHL, when in walked the great and noble Gnome. We bullshitted for a bit as the Bruins fans (over)celebrated their victory, and got to [...]

Had me a pretty good bike week last week…which is to say, I rode. I got out on the mountain bike twice while the weather was beautiful and in the 70s, which is fortunate because it snowed today. It’s also fortunate because I had almost no free time…I ran into Gnome on the trails and [...]

Back around Interbike time I wandered to the back of the convention center where King Cage, and a few other outcasts can always be found. All of my bikes have King cages on them and I like to buy a few new ones every year right from the source. As I was milling around waiting to make my [...]

Well well well. I haven’t done much on this site since Old Pueblo except write some innocuous comments on random posts and piss off at least one lady who commented that she’d never read this site again. It’s probably for the best, ma’am. Really. I asked the Gnome if it would be cool if I [...]

Back in September, at Interbike, I drank some whiskey with some pretty cool guys. I only got pictures of a few of them, and forgot almost all the rest. Then a few weeks ago I was pedaling my townie to the pub when I had a bit of a whiskey flashback. It dawned on me that I threw back  some Old Grand Dad at the AHTBM [...]