My Broken Bike
But I was just riding along… Those three notorious words–“just riding along”–that every bike mechanic has heard a million times over. Usually a euphemism for “I broke my bike but I don’t want to fess-up and admit that I did …
Category: My Story
The Girl Down the Road Comes Home; Raleigh Technium Chills
In 1991 I was an awkward, pimple-faced, red-haired teen-ager. I was also in love. The object of my adoration was the latest Raleigh Technium Chills aluminum mountain-bike. It was spec’ed with full a Shimano Deore DX 7 speed drive-train including …
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Vapor Trail 125; Lessons from the Bike, Lessons for Life
So what happened? What caused my body to shut down–or to seemingly stay at home–during this weekend’s Vapor Trail 125? Just like each moment and every molecule exits because of every moment and every molecule before them, life simply yet …
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Vapor Trail 125; Plans vs Reality, Pain vs Reward
Plans, even the best of them, are like expectations; life doesn’t give a &%$@ about them. Saturday/Sunday was the tenth annual riding of the Vapor Trail 125 mountain-bike race. Going into it I had a plan and with that plan …
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Opportunities Lost, Lessons Gained
When I was in college, there was this girl I was enchanted by. We’d make eye contact from across the lecture theatre and I’d bashfully turn away. It wasn’t until the very last day of class that I got the …