The mercury hit 70 degrees in Omaha yesterday. By any stretch of the imagination, that’s pretty ridiculous for January. Last year at this time, we were girding for another winter storm to hit. And it did: As it turned out, that was the last gasp of winter. We were outside with regularity within a week. [...]
If you spend even a moderate amount of time on a bike, you have at some point — or maybe at regular points — heard this: You’re crazy. I’ve heard it upon arriving at work and upon leaving work. I’ve heard it at hardware stores, grocery stores and — inexplicably — a bike store. I’ve [...]
As a cycling town, Omaha is surprisingly hilly. The landscape most commonly associated with Nebraska — endless, unyielding flatness — isn’t found until you’re past Lincoln on Interstate 80. Out there, you’ll have to stretch your imagination when you see a rise in the road and decide to call it a hill. But in Omaha, [...]
Winter arrived (officially, at least) in Omaha on Thursday. Even though just last weekend it hit 54 degrees on Sunday. Next week’s highs could potentially be 45 or warmer each day. With the exception of a weeklong stretch earlier this month, we’ve been fairly free of winter weather so far at Velogear headquarters. And even [...]
Winter has descended upon the Midwest. We had an amazing fall; a nice, slow slide into December. With only a couple of exceptions — including one day where it rained, snowed and rained again … and then we had a ‘cross race — every day was a good day to ride. But with winter here, [...]
It’s been a pretty solid year here at Velogear. Progress was made, things were improved, we rode lots of bikes, etc. Thanks for being a part of all of that — it’s much appreciated. Things were pretty solid at VeloJones World Headquarters (aka my house), too. We welcomed another little one a few weeks ago, [...]
Cyclists are a passionate bunch. You kind of have to be, don’t you? Riding for hours and hours and climbing silly grades and ripping back down the other side isn’t exactly normal. (How awesome would the world be if it was, though?) That devotion tends to breed similarly passionate discussion when you put a bunch [...]
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the state of cycling as a sport. HTC-Highroad — the most successful team of the last three years — folded after failing to round up a title sponsor. Leopard Trek, which was hailed as a superteam less than a year ago, was wrapped into Team Radio Shack. [...]
Imagine a cycling world where nine-speed drivetrains have always been “old,” and where the glory days of steel never happened. That’s my cycling world, which started well into the era of 10-speed cassettes and carbon fiber EVERYTHING. I’ve never owned an aluminum bike. (I know I’m not alone there, so don’t go getting all up [...]
A while back I wrote about a particularly irksome motorist on one of the more popular northbound routes out of Omaha. Though he’d never done anything dangerous toward me, he had been cited for reckless driving in altercations with other cyclists. No, the worst thing he did to me was flip me off every time [...]
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