TweetThere are usually two choices when you’re stuck out in the frigid cold on a bicycle in too little gear: 1. go as fast as you can while hoping that the resulting body heat you create will somehow overcome the wind that you’ve also created, or 2. reduce your speed under the theory that less […]
frozen slow
January 29th, 2010 1 Comment
Tags: boston · cold · cyclocross worlds · nyc · nyc velo · snow
pump it up
November 20th, 2009 2 Comments
TweetCan you believe it’s November? I understand that happened almost three weeks ago, but it’s finally sinking in. It’s almost Thanksgiving. That means it’s almost December. When did that happen? I blame the deceptively warm weather that has me thinking it’s still early October. My long-sleeve Underarmour gear has remained untouched in my closet for […]
Tags: cx tires · elvis costello · pump it up · rapha scarf friday · snow
lounging regularly
March 2nd, 2009 7 Comments
TweetI spent far too much time this weekend leaning over a particular counter in Allston. I’m working on wearing an indent into that space. It’s, of course, the IBC counter. And it didn’t involve anything dirtier than bike grease and some of Herrell’s heath bar brownie crumbs. Oh yeah, and chips. Chips are crucial. Well, […]
Tags: boston · cookies · international bikes · snow · weather
constants
February 3rd, 2009 7 Comments
TweetIt’s good to know that some things remain consistent. Like the schizophrenic weather. Oh, New England, why is the weather here as fickle as a slightly overweight BC undergrad in unfashionable Uggs and leggings? It was in the 40s a day ago – and now this. More snow. I stubbornly rode in today, and rode […]
Tags: Bianchi San Jose · boston · cyclocross · fickle · snow
drenched
January 28th, 2009 7 Comments
TweetI’m sure most of you who read this are fully aware of how disgusting it is outside. When I left this morning, the snow was coming down in all it’s pretty white flutteriness. There was just enough on the ground to make the commute kinda messy, but there wasn’t any slipping and sliding involved. I […]
Tags: disgusting · Heartbreak Hill · messy · puddles · snow · thawing