Citizen Rider

Ever since the mountain bike boom attracted lots of money to the bike industry, big manufacturers have been  squeezing small independent sho...

As the shop sinks ever deeper into the pitiless ocean, the owners look for heavy things they can heave over the side. I have not yet been si...

Today's 15 mile commute was probably the last bike ride I'll take before 2013. Tomorrow a snowstorm is supposed to move in with some...

In a small retail store lunch is taken when the opportunity presents itself. The most interesting lunch interruption I ever experienced ca...

Today I'm doing a post-crash assessment on a road bike. The rider is out of the hospital now, but the first reports sounded very serious...

"Are you guys all caught up?" Beth asked as she came into the shop on Friday morning. It's the kind of imprecise question that...

Steve A's pensive post on DFW Point to Point this morning got me thinking about all that goes into running a civilized country with a c...