It was still dark outside in Paso Robles. Greg and I were milling around in the kitchen of our rented cottage drinking coffee. We already had on our matching red and…
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When preparing for vintage cycling events like Eroica, there is no substitute for training on the same vintage bike you’ll be using in the event. The 2017 edition will be my…
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It’s far from being my rarest or most valuable bicycle, but I’ve put the most miles on my modified ’71 Raleigh International. The 46 year old still does the job in…
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Nicely produced video profiling Kenneth Wallace’s wonderful Bisbee Bicycle Brothel, which is part museum, part shop, part cycling geek hangout. …
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Frame Builder Interviews Reporting VideosCiclos Perucha: A Documentary about Madrid’s Master Framebuilder
This is a relatively new Spanish language documentary about Higinio Domingo ‘Perucha’. Perucha is a former professional bicycle racer, ONCE team Sports Director, Vitus factory employee, and grandfather of the cycling…
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I’ll admit that my initial attraction to Jack Taylor bicycles was superficial. I loved the flamboyant paint, the box striping, and the mid-century modern logo. After a few years of searching,…
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A wonderful video featuring the passionate Colombian cycling photographer, Horacio Gil Ochoa. His evocative black and white images show the frightful and often muddy condition of the roads back in the…
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A gallery of a few of my favorite images from Bici Clasicas 2016. These photos are courtesy Deirdre Calhoun.…
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On a vintage bicycle ride, there are two competing philosophies that run through my head: 1) It is all about the bike, and 2), It is not about the bike. Somehow…
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It was a warm September evening. I was riding with my daughter Zoë, and her friend Mario Cranks, from the very center of Madrid, Retiro park, north toward the Gate of Europe,…