Riding your bike is like being in a parade, a daily parade if you commute with your bicycle. I feel like the center of attention with all eyes on me when I am the sole bicycle with 3 cars at a all-way stop sign. Should I Miss America wave or throw some candy? Instead I [...]
Posts on ‘October 25th, 2011’
Tour Das Hugel … A voyage of transformation, and pain
On a blustery cold December morning last year I saddled my bike and headed out into the hills. It was supposed to be the beginning of a transformation, a year-long effort to mold myself into a cyclist that could conquer Austin’s toughest ride—Tour Das Hugel, 108 miles of punishing ascents meandering through the hills west [...]
