The Crash Chose Me

I didn’t choose the crash. The crash chose me. Why, I don’t know.  It gnaws and gnaws and gnaws. Yes, it was a race.  Racing can be dangerous.  But I’ve been at the game for […]

A Dropper Post DID NOT Win San Remo

Matej Mohoric San Remo Dropper Post

The cycling world was abuzz with a seeming technology breakthrough on Saturday.  Milan-San Remo, the 293km Italian monument, was won by Slovenian Matej Mohoric of Bahrain-Victorious thanks to his savvy use of a dropper seat […]

Cyclocross Worlds and Anti-Trans Legislation Collide in Arkansas

Pride Cycling Parade

With the UCI Cyclocross Worlds arriving in Fayetteville, Arkansas on the near horizon—they’re happening January 28-30, 2022—it seems like a moment to discuss the anti-trans legislation that the state enacted in the spring of 2021.  […]

Time to Kill The Olympics Monster

Olympic Rings Monster

The Olympics is a monster. Part of me wishes it can be killed off. There are so many reasons to dislike the Olympics.  I’ll start with the smaller-bore problems. I don’t like listening to athletes […]

Survey: Racers and Racing in the time of Covid

NYSBRA Covid Survey Results

The pandemic caused all sorts of realignments, many messy, life altering, and profound. The bike racing world was hit as well.  In March 2020, racers were either on the verge of starting their racing seasons, […]

Garbage Bags Might or Might Not Save You From Open Water

Racing the Iditasport on Big Lake Alaska

This originally appeared in 1994, after riding the Iditasport in February, 1993.  I’m posting it now to honor the event, set to take place this weekend, but was cancelled due to the pandemic.  It’s expected […]

Bring the Worlds back to the United States. As soon as possible.

Cobblestone Hill Richmond World Championships

The final kilometers of the men’s and women’s 2020 UCI World Road Championships in Isola, Italy were thrilling. The helicopter shots of Alaphilippe and van der Breggen and the chasers racing full-throttle along the ridge […]

Give Some Love to the Maillot Vert, the most complicated race in the Tour

For seven of the past eight years, Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan made winning the Tour de France Green Jersey look easy. (In 2016, he was set to make it look easy until he was wrongly disqualified […]

As the Tour Turns, 2020: Ineos Drama in the lead-up

Thomas leads Bernal 2019 tour

Two former Tour de France champions were taken off their team roster this week. Four-time champ Chris Froome was seen as not good enough to ride for his team. Same goes for 2018 winner Geraint […]

Radical Brake Design takes Everesting Record and Strade Bianche in One Week!

An earth-shattering rumble was heard in Europe last week, as the Everesting record was shattered by a relative unknown, taken by 23 minutes, and an up-and-coming star stormed to a comfortable solo victory at Strade […]