Pedal Strike

TweetThis scorching heat must have toasted my brain into a half-baked mess today. Okay, there are confounding factors. Like too little sleep and too many obligations and responsibilities that I’m literally riding away from whenever I head out west. The sheer irony being that in trying not to think about errands, hats, emails, etc, etc, […]

TweetIn a few hours, I’ll be headed back to Beantown. Headed back to training rides [fun], a block party at Cambridge Bikes tomorrow [more fun], and running [the least fun, ever]. At least my wallet might stop getting thinner, and my tummy might also stop getting thicker. Because I ate. And drank. Delicious sandwiches [hands […]

TweetI love “Zoolander.” Maybe that’s why designers scare me. Okay, not really. Designers have always been sort of intimidating. I have this image of them as being self-absorbed and a little crazy. A slightly socially awkward drama queen whose erratic behavior is only forgiven due to the ability to create, cut, and sew beautiful things […]

TweetAdmittedly, NYC feels a little unfamiliar on bike. Being lazy, I’ve always been a big fan of the swelteringly hot, muggy subway, whose stations always smell like a public restroom that’s been attempted to be cleaned – unsuccessfully – with some industrial strength bleach. On previous visits, I learned how to appreciate that blast of […]

TweetI fell asleep in my Sidis today. With my bike under me. No, I wasn’t on some insane 24 hour bike race [unfortunately]. I was on a bus, heading down to a once more familiar city, but one I’ve never biked in. Groggy from a four hour bus ride punctuated with fits of sleep, I […]