Citizen Rider

  "Second prize is two weeks in Philadelphia." It's an old punchline. I just spent three weeks there, while the cellist underw...

Bread bags on the feet have their own large category on the internet, but in case you don't have your own experiences or an explanation ...

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

  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...

  Thanks to climate change, I had New Year's Day off for a change. The snow had been obliterated by rain in a storm right before Christm...

The two toughest months of winter around here are March and April. No matter how substandard the principal months of winter may have been,...

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...

The early onset of snow and ice forced me into the car more than a month sooner than in past years. This has given me a lot of time to look ...

After a genuine winter-style snowstorm late night Thursday through a good bit of Friday, the roads cleared enough for me to snatch a ride ...

From the National Weather Service today: ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...He...

In ancient times, when I felt free to play, winter was a time to explore as widely as time and money would allow. I did it all -- or mostly ...

After dwindling away to nearly nothing, winter jumped back into the game with 15-20 inches of snow. Depth varied with your location. I mea...

Whenever someone tells me that something basically trivial is "to die for," I am briefly tempted to make them do it. But the vapid...

"I really miss my bike," said Big G today. "This winter is getting too long." Out in the parking lot I watched a local...

Looking at the extended forecast, we get one little dip into the frigid, but after that the trend climbs a couple of degrees each day. Dayti...

Fat bikes started out as sort of a secret society. Now they're incredibly hip. Maybe that's the secret to success in America: Get fa...

When an activity based on self-reliance becomes popular, self-reliance is one of the first casualties. It happened with backpacking, cross-c...

Those of us who can't just light up a cigarette, push up the kickstand with our fashionably booted foot and zip off on our latest short-...