So I scrimped and saved my pennies for close to two years for a bike I never seemed to ride. My wife, to her credit, mostly remained silent on the subject of the $4000 albatross hanging in the garage. The problem seemed to be that I got up at 5:45 to be out the door [...]
I went out for a bike ride last weekend (Christmas weekend) and did all of five miles and about 30 minutes of riding. I hadn’t been out for weeks and weeks – at least since it started raining. Then it started getting really cold outside, especially in the mornings. Then I got sick for a [...]
I’m not sure that I’ve properly introduced it to the world but this is my Rivendell Atlantis:
I saved my money for about 18 months to be able to afford it. I picked a framebuilder that builds classically beautiful, lugged steel frames that could take a variety of tire sizes and would be stable on fire [...]
I have lately been re-discovering my inner child. The pressure of managing people at work and the stress of trying to conceive a baby can be like a stone that you carry on your back. That stone holds you pinned to earth walking with the heaviness of our age. Perhaps this is why I have [...]