Amazing how quickly time has passed this year, and yes… I know I’m repeating myself. I just keep getting reminded of that in a bunch of different ways at a bunch of different times. The last bike riding I did was back in April, back in North Carolina, back before I hurt myself. And so […]
Vanagon
Heading back to Vermont for Autumn colours
As I’ve said before, it’s been an unusual year so it’s really satisfying to be doing something we’ve done for a few years now… heading down to Vermont with some bikes to enjoy the beauty on display. As we were leaving Andrea was getting caught up on the day’s news… it was very saddening to […]
Getting out and about – BoTC 2013
This year has been quite a different year, for lots of obvious reasons. The result has been a lot of different activities for me though, and that came as a surprise. Perhaps it shouldn’t have. Obviously all of the time spent in the halo meant I couldn’t be active the way I normally would be. […]
A time of contrasts and contradictions
In some ways time is flying by, while dragging its heels in others. There’s no denying that the past couple of months have been a challenge and I know the challenge will continue a while longer. So far so good though, I’m still up to the challenge. May was busy on a professional level, quiet […]
My View
Looking east toward downtown Toronto, getting to watch as plane take off and land. I’ve spent time in the area when the Midweek club was holding their criterium series on Tuesday nights (and while I was still racing). Now I’m seeing it as the folks who’ve worked up in that area (known as Creekside) have […]
Becoming a grease monkey
I’ve worked on bicycles for years and love them. The simplicity and elegance always strike a chord with me. It doesn’t take many tools to do the basics, a few wrenches and hex keys. Owning an old VW camper is another matter. Of course I knew what I was signing up for when I bought […]
Babe 101: Monitoring and Supporting
Owning my VW camper has been exactly what I expected it would be… a learning experience. And I’m enjoying it. I’ve gone through some surprise learning curves as well as some I was prepared for and actually capable of dealing with in an informed way. Over the past month or two I’ve been trying to […]
Onward from Mont-Sainte-Anne, Part 1
Considering I’ve had the entire week from Monday until today (I started writing this on Friday 6/29) to do whatever I wanted it feels like it’s been incredibly busy. I guess there was a lot I wanted to do. And some things I found I needed to do as well, unrelated to covering races. [I […]
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Road Trip and ROAD TRIP
This past weekend marked my 3rd BusFusion, a great VW campout held in Almonte ON. It was great to be back and connect with lots of volks I only get to see at times like this as well as new friends and some who are becoming like family. It’s a very cool and hard to […]
North Carolina 2.0
Wow, it’s been over a month since my last blog entry… guess I have some catching up to do! I’ll start with the trip Andrea and I took the weekend after Homage to Ice. As I mentioned in that entry we were headed down to North Carolina on Easter weekend for a week of cycling. […]