New Bike!! BMC TeamMachine

I got a new bike the other week – a BMC Team Machine SLR01 with the Ultegra Di2 components. The electronic shifters are pretty sweet – tap of the button and ‘click’, done! I might have to change the name of this blog, cuz hopefully I won’t be throwin’ my chain anymore with my nifty…

Cows, Coffee and Bikes

I am currently back in Massachusetts in the north shore, staying in Hamilton (est. 1638). It’s fairly rural up here, much more rural than where I grew up in Andover, Mass (est. 1646). Talk about prime biking!! The weather has been spectacular, there is almost no traffic, and I bike through forests and swamps and…

National Bike Month!

That’s right – for all us Yankees, it’s National Bike Month! For the International people – does your country have an International Bike Month? What special events are going on in your area? Check out this site to see what’s going on! May 14th – 18th is Bike to Work Week! A lot of major…

Dirty Dirty Dirty

I’ve posted before about my trail biking experience and how tough it was for me. Well, this morning I got out of the house by 7 AM to hit the trails!! I apologized to my road bike and road off into the canyon. Now, I have a dilemma. Long time readers may recall that I…

Biking while … ?

While slothing around on Facebook tonight, a friend posted something that brought back some cycling memories. I attended a school called University of Southern California (USC) for my undergraduate years. Many students biked around campus. But they didn’t just bike. They also biked: while smoking cigarettes talking on their cellphones biking with no underwear in…

Trail Biking vs. Road Biking

So I stole a bicycle from my best friend. He let the bike sit in his garage for ten years and collect black widow spiders. I’m traditionally a road cyclist. I know how to avoid cars and broken glass like no one’s business. But now I have access to tons of awesome trails, time to…

Rules of Cycling #452

Today I broke one of the Rules of Cycling – I did not make eye contact with a driver that was pulling out into the street. While biking home from a ride with friends, I saw a motorist ahead of me start to pull out into the main street. I thought ‘oh gee I’m sure…