We were barreling down a dirt road when it began pouring. The backs of our jerseys got splattered, and then striped, with taupe-colored Michigan clay. In Michigan, I suppose you don’t…
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Full Gas on the Tour de Guilford Yes, there was Mexican food the night before the Tour de Guilford, but that is not the sort of gas I’m talking about. For…
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Greensboro City Ride On Saturday morning the CR Weekend attendees met back up in the Cycles de Oro parking lot. There were two group rides: one high performance, one city tour.…
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Driving from Tucson, my wife Deirdre and I loaded our bicycles onto our VW wagon and drove across the country. Our route led through San Antonio, New Orleans, Savannah and Hilton…
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I found these two images on FB of a guy who looks like me riding in Eroica, California. I don’t know who took them, but thank you, whoever you are. …
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One of my all-time favorite bicycle graphics features a squirrel rolling a bicycle wheel. This squirrel was the longtime signature of the now-defunct French maker, Cycles Roold. When your brand mascot…
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Read more about Cycles Roold here.…
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Beautiful Bicycles Fashion & MemorabiliaGender-Bending Cycling Fashion, Part Two: Slippers, Polka Dots & Arm Warmers
Classic cycling shoes, the sort worn for vintage events like Eroica, California, are usually Italian perforated leather uppers attached to hardwood soles. Brands such as Detto, Duegi, and Vittoria, come to…
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I was seated next to collector extraordinaire, Pat Moffat, who was liquidating a few decades of collected bike parts in a fever. It worried me a little, because at previous swaps,…
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17 second clip of a bridge crossing just before the beginning of the Cypress Mountain climb.…