Category Archives: Making Cycling Difficult

This post isn’t entirely about toilets

There is no toilet paper holder in my bathroom. The roll just sits on top of the toilet. I assume that people who come over and use our facilities find it odd that it is where it is, but it … Continue reading

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Making Cycling Difficult, for Other People.

I usually just make cycling difficult for myself. However, sometimes there are those who need a little bit of a push into the world of HTFU and so we have to arrange for them to suffer. With this in mind, … Continue reading

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Here We Go Again

Tonight is the night you have all been awaiting.  The next installment of the Mooseknuckler Cup Alley Cat Racing Like Bicycle Styled Series of Events. We are blessed to once again be having the fixed-gear legend, Fixie Dave setting out … Continue reading

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I have a nightmare

I had a nightmare. Not a “I woke up screaming in fear” type of nightmare, it was more like “I showed up for school with no clothes” type of nightmare. The only difference is that it wasn’t school that I … Continue reading

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Alley Cat Report

The Alliance’s monthly Alley Cat happened Friday night. It was the first Alley Cat to ever be held in Washington. It was historic and epic, as promised. Fixie took the win. This month’s race was fashioned like a scavenger hunt, … Continue reading

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Making Cycling Difficult, Version 3.1.2.4.7. At least, I think that is where we are.

They say attitude is everything. Yesterday I proved that to be true. Mine sucked and so did my ride. After so much time needing to get some dirt on the tires and I finally get a chance to go and … Continue reading

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What I would call “happenings”

As the day that we have assigned to be our changing over of time, has come and gone many things have lingered through the hazy halls of my mind. In the spaces in between, if you will. Without torturing you … Continue reading

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Skinny tires+Dirt=Kick Ass Time

Skinny tires on the dirt are fun. Two Sundays ago, we did a multi-surface ride with Fixie, KB and Lynda Wallenfells. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to ride the CX bike on a ride so perfectly designed for it. … Continue reading

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The next frontier.

Pursuant to Tuesday’s post about me being a big pussy, I headed out to rectify said situation. I swapped the slicks for some knobbies on the High Life, threw a pack on my bike and headed into the sand. You … Continue reading

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If it’s easy, it probably isn’t worth riding

I have been going through my old pictures. The one above is from a poorly thought out trip from White Pine to Bunch Grass in the snow. The Mighty Green Socks, his uncle and I pushed our bikes up to … Continue reading

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