Citizen Rider

  First off, there isn't just one difference between bears and humans. But as I begin to emerge from my own hibernation, I'm forced ...

 Ski season has been on-and-off as the little bits of snow come and go, separated by lazy lobes of polar vortex flopping down onto New Engla...

  The joy of being in the motoring public continues. It struck me the other day that it only takes three cars to completely screw you on Rou...

 On my bike commutes I was seeing a moderately tall, bearded young man walking toward Wolfeboro along Route 28. Usually I would see him some...

 An ad popped up on some social media site I was perusing, that said, "Goodbye goosebumps, hello, merino," or something like that....

The Wolfeboro Cross-country Ski Association picked a good year to institute snowmaking. But it wasn't a great year. Atmospheric conditi...

 Back in the early 1990s we had a stretch of El Niño winters that really put a crimp in non-cycling winter activities. Non-cycling activitie...

  The simplest form of the modern safety bicycle is the trusty fixed gear. On the velodrome, the bikes are pared down to the absolute essent...

Since my post on January 10 , nosehair-freezing cold finally did put in a brief but dramatic appearance on February 3-4. It even spawned bre...

 Every time we get a weak winter, I compare it to my memories of 1990-'91 and 1991-'92, the two that stood out for late arrival of s...

 One job is two jobs when you work for a shop with dual specialties. The cross-country ski business has been doomed in the Lower 48 states o...

    Wow! It's porn outside!   Rain drummed on the roof. I heard the ice on the steep part shift as it moved closer to the edge. The temp...

 Yeah, so the big snowstorm didn't happen. I think of the shovel as a good luck charm, same as the shovel and brush in the car. If I hav...

 March came in like a nasty day in April, but immediately shifted to a harsh hit of January. The forecast as of Sunday afternoon showed the ...

 Cyclists are essentially lazy. If we weren't lazy we'd be runners. Admit it. Look at us as a whole. What's trending now? Ebikes...

On Wednesday I arrived to begin my work week and found a road bike clamped in the work stand. With the persistent lack of snow, its owner ha...

Driving season always gets me thinking about Time In Transit. I've written about it a number of times before, but a new entry puts it ba...

Today marks the close of what we in the winter tourism business in New Hampshire call Massachusetts Vacation Week. All of the New England st...