From: The Colonel Subject: My Surly arrives… And I immediately notice this: Oh yea. That suits me to a T. We all know it’s a reference to tire clearance. But still…

The Seattle adventure is not near done. I found old friends, as well as fall-in-lap employment, in Central. 1st Hill – an interesting, quirky area full of hospitals. Been riding a lot of pavement, both rough and smooth.  Just there to observe, I got a chance to see the work handed down [...]

Summer is winding down and Cyclocross practice has been in full effect (affect? effect?) in Cincinnati since July. My bike just got painted and rebuilt. I rode it for the first time on Tuesday night for hot laps at Kings and promptly busted the fucking shifter. In the sand pit. HUGE shout out to D2 [...]

This bummer out of cheeseland provided by Hank: This just in up in Cheeseland. . . is there an explanation beyond WTF? (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/101609818.html) Fine paid in Netke case; result disappoints cyclist’s widow By Tom Held of the Journal Sentinel Aug. 27, 2010 The motorist who struck and killed a local bike racer on Father’s Day has paid a $114 fine, in [...]

Jason Lummis was run down by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike down Dexter-Pinckney Road on Wednesday night. As a member of the Bell’s Brewery Quiring Cycling Team, Jason was riding home from work at Great Lakes Cycling and Fitness, when police say, he was hit from behind at the intersection of Fleming Road and [...]

I ran into the Gnome tonight whilst watching some old man softball here in Flagtard, AZ and he gave me some (lighthearted) shit about not posting in a while. I do apologize; I was on the east coast for a bit, and I haven’t done an especially good job of organizing my life since returning [...]

New Ann Arbor non-profit fundraising to buy tools to fix bicycles for free Molly Kleinman says Ann Arbor was overdue for a group like Common Cycle. The non-profit, which launched in February, aims to provide education and tools to area cyclists so broken brakes or flat tires won’t keep people from biking any longer. “The goal is to [...]

It ain’t wednesday. I know this. But I gotta roll of politic’n emails that I need to publish and to speak of that, it can be quite the bummer mixture to consistently open up the mail to shit news… broke dick, as it were. I’m not so down with the politic’n these days. Its no [...]

HOLLA! This is awesome. People are talking. And some are doing. CrossVegas has joined the list of particularly cyclo-cross races moving to narrow the prize money gap between the elite men’s and women’s field. Organiser Brook Watts has announced a ‘podium bonus’ for the top three finishers in this year’s women’s race, with each rider [...]

“Dawn Patrol” is a term I picked up a few weeks ago on a surf trip to southern California. It is what my friends used to describe that time first thing in the morning when most people aren’t up yet and we go on “patrol” for good waves and small lineups.  It looked a little something [...]

The Wolfe is apparently in Austria. And he’s picking up big chunks of silver while he’s there. The man is class. Results, in German, at www.masterswm.org/…result. Ms. Wolfe was sent out a few photos via email. Congratulations, Paul. Good on ya.

My plan was to ride early. If I’m to get out on the bike, that is the only time it’s going to work. It’s hot as all hell in Phoenix this time of year, so most of the daylight hours are a bust. My daughters have a swim lesion at 8:30 am, [...]

Sat down to read a pilfered copy of Sports Illustrated this morning, and saw something interesting in the “Go Figure” section, where the fine folks at SI are kind enough to provide the readers with sports related numbers which I guess are supposed to provide the readers with something to ponder.  The picture is courtesy [...]

Yesterday, a woman riding in the Pelotonia Tour (for cancer research) was struck and killed when a truck decided not to stop at the intersection where a state trooper was directing traffic. This happened pretty close to me, in Hocking Hills. Michelle Kazlausky, 57, of Reynoldsburg was killed in the crash, said Patrol Sgt. Max [...]

This one comes from Bike Punk. It’s a poem wholely unrelated to the bicycle, unless, of course, everything is related to the bicycle. Dig it:

This one comes via Hans Rey regardling Lopes’ prowess on the bike. Dig it:

OB gave me a recovery week so I gave myself a blank check to eat whatever and I have gained about 15 lbs in 6 days. Yesterday I sweated out about 10 of those lbs at a hot yoga class (110 degree studio). That shit is so good. I also had some acupuncture which hit [...]

I crossed paths with this guy last year while he was riding a beach cruiser across  the country to raise money for his local bike co-op. He is at it again, but this time he is going from Vancouver to Baja. His name is Ryan and he has a blog. He makes some cool videos about the things he [...]

This one in from Dax Kelm: Details on the event here. Yea. Happy. Fri. Day.

About 5 months ago, I told the City of Mt. Vernon and the Mayor, Bud Norris, in a very professional, well written letter, that the very busy boulevard College Way is dangerous for cyclists, while there is a bike path that is a gorgeous green bike haven parallel to it, in fact, a [...]