Tired of garbled jargon about pro racers? This is the humorous chronicle of the follies of an amateur road cyclist, and her observations on cycling culture. She biked across the country, and THEN got really into cycling. This could be interesting...
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Your bike and cycling gear are trying to tell you something
The word “carbon” appears on my road bike in no less than eight places. (Thank goodness that weave pattern is the real deal and not just paint!) Monocoque appears twice and “high modulus”...
Cyclocross race report, part 2
I approach a road crossing alone at the back. Where are the spectators to goad me?
For months I have been immersed in my first season of cyclocross awareness, following it with great and increasing interest. It is not...
Cyclocross first race report, part 1
From the flyer for the Austin Cyclocross Scuffle: “Expect to ride through sand, dirt, grass and whatever else I can throw in there.”
Misery loves company, but I had very little on Saturday morning at my first...
BikeSnobNYC made an excellent point in one of his recent Bicycling Magazine articles: Fall is a beautiful time to be cycling and the pros are crazy to have convinced us that fall is instead the time to rest between competition seasons. A summer...
For ten years, I have been spinning. For 5,000 miles, I have been spinning. The middle chainring has been my comfortable friend and I have never been anything but a mediocre cyclist. That started to change Wednesday when I rolled through the crisp...
