2015-02-18 08:30:00 - At one point last night John and I were just about to decide to sleep in and stay warm, frightened by the promise of 100 kph winds and sub-zero temperatures. Somehow,...
2014-12-14 18:51:00 - I've been meaning to write a post about riding partners for some time now, but I haven't had the guts to dive into it properly. I still don't, because what I really...
2014-12-07 15:27:00 - I used to live in Vancouver and when I first moved out there, in late 1991, it rained for two weeks straight, at least. People kept telling about these 'mountain's that...
2014-12-06 13:13:00 - I Remember back in the 00s, when Lance Armstrong was winning all those Tours de France, the question of whether he was the greatest cyclist of all came up from time to...
2014-11-30 12:49:00 - My informal study of Eddy Merckx continues and he is just getting more and more unbelievable. Today's lesson is the French expression, 'la course en tête', which, when...
2014-11-23 17:30:00 - Because I've never been a runner, really, I have always held up the marathon as one of the ultimate physical challenges one could imagine doing. I've never really put...
2014-11-22 16:58:00 - In an effort to find my inner Cannibal, I've been reading books and watching videos about Eddy Merckx this fall. I am finding him to be an intriguing creature, now that...
2014-11-18 12:03:00 - Interestingly, I went through this exact same thought process when I bought my Campagnolo Chorus groupset a few years ago. What's more 'interesting', to me anyway, is...
2014-11-14 08:33:00 - I'm just working through this humorous article on the unwritten rules of being a cyclist and his bit on iPods made me ponder this little phenomenon. His point is that...
2014-11-13 17:57:00 - Having successfully gotten myself registered for the mighty awful Marmotte GranFondo next July 4th (along with Karsten, John, Anne and Pierre), I suddenly have a good...
2014-11-12 17:50:00 - Here's a little something 44|5 Cycling Tours have been working on this season. Hope you like it. Special thanks to my video-editor wife, Shoko, for skipping class to get...
2014-11-07 18:13:00 - My video editor told me I was lacking some crucial shots for our imminent 'Ventoux: Day in the Life' video we've been shooting all year (don't get excited - it'll...
2014-11-05 17:03:00 - I only ask because there seems to be so many dead ones that they surely deserve a place to go afterwards. I have now joined the ranks of folks who have had to send their...
2014-11-03 20:28:00 - Or so we hope. The folks who run this most dastardly of sportives have changed the registration from 'Nov 1′ to 'after Nov 3′ to 'in the morning on the 4th' to,...
2014-11-01 10:22:00 - I woke up this morning and went straight to my LBS, with high hopes of getting my new gear cables installed properly. But this weekend is Toussaint and, although I don't...
