Given my work schedule, home life and neighborhood locale (odd, very important and far from my teammates, in that order), I have no choice as a cyclist but to be very, very self-motivated. I have no teammates anywhere near me, so the old, “Hey, we’re rolling past your house, jump on,” bit doesn’t apply. At [...]
“Are you not entertained?” “Are you not entertained? Is this not why you came here?” Spoken by Maximus, Russell Crowe’s character in the 2000 movie Gladiator, those lines were directed to a stunned arena audience, just moments after it watched the dismantling – and dismembering – of an onslaught of fighters. Maximus is saying, “You [...]
Well, that was quick. The end of January is near, which in the Midwest means there’s only three more months of winter. In reality, it means we have another four or five weeks of colder stuff, with the likelihood of a stray blizzard sometime in early March. So there’s that to look forward to. I [...]
Long ago, long before the lobotomy that created Velo Jones, I was a for-real, bona-fide writer. They paid me and everything. It was great. But even then, I worked on little side projects that allowed me to do different, fun things. I mean, that’s the nature of side projects to begin with, isn’t it? To [...]
Well, the great warming of December 2010 came to pass. I wrote about it in anticipation last week, just hours before kitting up and enjoying a 64-degree day. December 30. Omaha. Sixty-four degrees. Of course, the absolute bottom fell out of everything not long after we got back. About 45 minutes from the end of [...]
Seven pounds? Those copy-writing monkeys thought I’d gain seven pounds over Christmas weekend? Please. How is that even possible? You’d have to dip deep-fried sticks of butter into more butter and cover it with frosting or something. Anyway, it was only two pounds, and it’s no doubt due to two things: too many cookies and [...]
Ah, Christmas. The time when my shop layaway is paid off and I’m given full license to sit around all day and drink coffee. In a way, it’s like a lot of other parts of the year, except for the layaway bit. For us – my wife and I – it’s a time to head [...]
Had I known it was going to end up like this, I might have reconsidered my decision to start racing bicycles. It was the fall of 2006 – a mild fall, by the way – when I got my first racing bike. I cranked out a lot of miles before Christmas, and then even more [...]
Despite all of the bluster, pageantry, fire-belching and whatnot, the Wizard of Oz was really just a dude with a fancy fortress and a machine that made a lot of noise. The presentation was so impressive that nobody bothered to question it. Behind the curtain that Toto pulled back, of course, there was a lot [...]
As I wrote way back in October, I’ve carefully cultivated a “that guy” image. Cycling T-shirts, cycling socks … multiple drawers of kit with far too many coordination options. Yep, I’m that guy — at least around VeloGear Headquarters. But when we (we being my wife and son) jump into the car (it’s an absolutely god-awful [...]
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