Broke a spoke
Image by carljohnson via Flickr One minute I’m time-trialling like Fabian Cancellara, head down on long straight roads without stop...
Stupid web tricks
MapMyRide has been a bit of a thorn the last couple of years — I loved being able to map...
Not lacking topics
Image via Wikipedia Just lacking time. The Tour de France starts tomorrow, f’cryin’ out loud. That means that all laundry,...
You have to understand
Daughter: “If you liked riding that road so much, why don’t you go back up and ride it again.” Me:...
Sidewall Blowout Spectacular!
A day so beautiful that even catastrophic, noisy, structural failure of my bicycle tire (at mercifully low speed) couldn’t ruin...
That one perfect spring day
Yesterday was that day, that one perfect spring day when everyone comes outside. I rode through Washington Park, and it...
“Let me just fuel up my headlamp”
1895 – a simpler time, when cars did not yet rule the roads, bicycling was all the rage, and all...
Ghost bike, José Perez
Ghost bike, José Perez, originally uploaded by carljohnson. A ghost bike in memory of José Perez, at the connection of...
To the cycling samaritan . . . .
To the cycling samaritan who stopped on the sidewalk of the Dunn Memorial Bridge yesterday, got off his bike, and...
The importance of being limber
It’s March, which means the start of the cycling season I’ve been waiting for since the Last Best Ride back...