For those of you who haven't figured it out yet, The Donnas rock. Neo-post-punk chick band. Two-minute-thirty songs. 70's rock riffs. What's not to love? Now...

Sunday: I am not a breakfast person. We had actually managed to leave the before-race party after a more-or-less moderate number of beers and get back to...

Those of you who went to biology class somewhere other than Kansas may have heard of a period in evolutionary history around 500 million years ago called the...

The SSWC is, of course, as much about the tribe as it is about the ride. The after-party was one of the most positive vibes I've ever felt. And the go-cart...

Anybody heard from Rich Touart? CC

On my way to work this morning, I stop the fix in the middle lane at a large intersection -- left turn lane to my left, right turn lane to my right. I am at a...

I believe I have found what may be the ultimate shoe for commuting: the Diadora Bike Patrol shoe: http://www.ipmba.org/reviews-diadora.htm A picture of the...

I will soon be traveling where there are no wheels allowed. But I'll still have some Shimano with me: http://tinyurl.com/2plw55 Grilled Northern Pike, coming...

On the off chance that any of the Colorado contingent is still checking in around he I'm going to be in Boulder in early June, and it looks like I'll...

I think I've found the perfect job for JD: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/fashion/thursdaystyles/18fitness.html (New York times, registration required,...

I awaken from a wonderful, warm, happy dream to the first rays of New Mexico sunrise lighting my room. I really don't want to get up. I roll over and try to...

When I was in Europe a few weeks ago, I spoke with a friend of mine from Madrid. His wife had been a few minutes late for her train, and had therefore avoided...

Paladin wrote: Met Jim and Carla at the park at 7:30 a.m. today. I'm green with envy. Been a really ****ty season up here. Rain, rain, and more rain. Too...

It's been raining all week, so the singletrack is going to be soup. No good. So instead we do something different. My wife and I strap the fixies onto the...

Ride-A-Lot wrote: I said I wanted to do this for the fun. I wish it hadn't rained. ;-) Good on you. Liked the RR. CC

A truly bizarre news story: http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/13/ignition.interlocks.ap/index.html Wow. CC

Despite my humiliating defeat at Allegany, the riding has been plentiful and good. My bread and butter mileage-wise is of course commuting on the fix, which is...

So here's a conundrum. I've been looking forward to the Singlespeed World Championships in Pennsylvania all spring. Then I find out about their registration...

This is going to be short and incoherent. Did a ride from the Chamiso trailhead outside Santa Fe, a lovely singletrack ridgeline traverse which connects to...

Days 6 and 7: Continental Divide I pitch my tent on Kenosha Pass. I have gotten pretty well acclimated to 7,000 feet, but at 10,000 I am winded by the...