I have a lot of experience with back problems. I started having them when I was 15 years old. Yes, 15. I don’t suppose it helped much that I was doing crazy things like picking up a 10 gallon tub half full of gravel. Or that…
The science of an old herbal remedy. The cold and flu season is upon us. Since colds and the flu are caused by viruses there is nothing that antibiotics can do to help so we are pretty much depending on our immune systems as our only…
Today was a long ride day with Marius, James, Lee and especially with B.rad. Brad gives me good ideas for writing at times. His topic for today is passion. I bought my first road bike in my mid-twenties. It was a Peugot all steel very much…
Group Rides? Group rides. We talk about them. Most of us speak of them fondly as if they are a social event, a chance to catch up and hang out with friends. We definitely like the idea of group rides. But somewhere along the way herd…
As I have written before, I spent time on Zwift, part bike smart trainer, part virtual reality, part online game. Tonight’s goal was to complete the Everest Challenge, 164,042 feet of climbing. This Zwift thing started November 9, 2018 with the purchase of a smart trainer…
OK all of you cycling fans and health nuts out there! Here is something you just have to try. Every once in a while you stumble on that must have recipe. I make these cookies and take them everywhere and have always gotten good reviews. Here…
Most of the time, I feel like I am twenty-five. Then I look in the mirror and jump back….who is that!? Oh yeah, I forgot again. I am not twenty-five. There are other reminders that I am not twenty five like when I spend two hours…
Do You Miss Me Yet? I can still remember the feeling of freedom and exhilaration the first time I was able to hold 18 mph on a flat road. It was like I was floating along. I felt like I could hold that pace forever. I…
I grew up on a dirt road. Cooper Street was located five miles from the nearest small village. I have often wondered, why wasn’t it called Cooper Road? I thought streets were in villages and cities? To compensate some people called it Cooper Street Road. I…
This morning I resumed a summer ritual of mine. This ritual always seems like a good idea at 8:15 in the morning but somehow by 11:15 AM I am wondering, I did this why? I am talking about cycling and specifically cycling with one of the…