TweetThese days, a cough, sneeze, or sniffle is enough is send me running. Preferably outdoors. Like trains, buses, and crowded public areas, classrooms are cesspools of bacteria and germs. I made a vow this year not to get H1N1. Not so much because I heard that it sucks more than having your impacted wisdom teeth […]
sniff, roll, cough
November 5th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: brakes · competitive cyclist · cough · h1n1 · rims · sniff · tea
[imaginary] friends
May 30th, 2009 Comments Off on [imaginary] friends
TweetOne reason I tend to ride alone is the blissful ignorance of how fast I am not going. No fancy cycloputer on my handlebars, no stop watch, just a cell phone and a mental note of when I roll out. Of course, when you ride with friends with gears, everything sort of changes. Not in […]
Tags: boston · brakes · fast · gorgeous · imaginary friends · slow
freewheel fun
April 13th, 2009 4 Comments
TweetAlmost exactly six months ago, I was still freewheeling it on the Bianchi. I bought into the hype and was consequently terrified of going fixed; hence I was stuck in that gray area of the freewheel where I almost got scene points until I started coasting. The resulting inferiority complex really killed me. Ironically, I […]
Tags: boston · brakes · clipless · coasting · freewheel · fun · international bicycle center