EIC @ Red Bulletin; Past Features Editor @ THR & EIC @ Bicycling ☞Before: Runner's World & Backpacker ☞ Committed to cycling, longform and a diet rich in gluten
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The problem with cyclists:
-They go too fast
-They go too slow
-They won't get on the sidewalk
-They won't get off the sidewalk
-They are rich hobbyists
-They are folks who can't afford a car
-They are entitled and demand bike lanes
-They take the lane when there's no bike lane
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I recommend @Pflax1 book very highly. Few people know the sport and machine we love as well, or write about it with such depth and understanding.
With the holidays looming, may I humbly suggest my book "Live to Ride" as a thoughtful gift idea if you have friends or loved ones who love to ride bikes? I don’t do much self-marketing on social, but here are a few reasons I think most riders would appreciate it…
Reason #3: The book profiles a broad swath of interesting people in bike culture. I took a lot of care to talk to people who reflect the diversity of our culture and the different ways people ride. Collectively these folks underscore how inclusive and interesting bike culture is!
After a week on Bluesky, I'm not sure why I'd want to keep posting here. The doomscrolling is better here but on the other site there are no ads, no bots, very little trolling, and a surprising absence of strangers arguing with each other.
Starting to post more on the other place than here. Consider giving it a try if you haven't already.
Even after 20 years of visiting Europe, watching Eurosport still blows my American mind. You can be watching a bike race in your hotel room and go to the bathroom and come back and there suddenly is billiards or darts on TV during prime time.
LOL my timeline is 50/50 Democrats saying Harris lost because she abandoned progressives and their principles and that she lost because she didn't more clearly repudiate leftist ideology and move more to the center.
And they say you can't make everyone unhappy all the time!
I know I'm not in America this week because:
-There was a very nice train from inside the airport to center city.
-The complementary hotel breakfast spread had 10+ options for jam and honey.
-The hotel bar has a giant TV playing a full rebroadcast of cyclocross racing.
I have spent the last 4 days pondering what happened on Election Day. I think there are many factors that led to Trump's victory but the biggest one IMO is that there are tens of millions of low information voters who have been exposed to an unprecedented misinformation campaign.
But I thought unhappy progressives said Trump and Harris were basically the same.
Trump plans to withdraw US from Paris climate pact, open some national monuments to drilling: report trib.al/y19R8KQ
Got my second email this fall from my kid's HS that there are pertussis cases. Thanks for the revival anti vaxxers.
I'm afraid that by the time that many reasonable people realize that we're fucked it will be too late.
My thirst to watch videos of college students enthusiastically standing on line to vote is infinite.
Why does anyone give a fuck what George W Bush has to say at this point? His silence until now speaks volumes about who he is and whatever it is that he stands for.
Given my riding life, I think my Strava data has no relavance beyond personal record keeping. But I'm grateful to have a lifestyle that lets me get 50 hours/month on a bike. This means I'm doing something I love an average of 100 minutes a day. I don't take that for granted.
