Author Archives: Crossing the Yellow Line

I have  a friend whose motto is “the bike fixes everything”.  Man how true that is.  We all ride for different reason.  Different goals.  This bike riding gig for sure does not put a roof over my head.  It does … Continue reading →

I have been asked a number of times as to why I ride my bike or how I got into cycling.  How I got into cycling  is easy.  We were on a family vacation up in Michigan and I remember … Continue reading →

So a friend recently sent me an email from a co-worker of his.  In the email was the co-workers social media post about his first race.  Basically they were going fast (20mph-ish) and he got dropped,  than he quit half … Continue reading →

So we like to ride bikes.   We spend a lot of time (and money) riding bikes.  Our goal is to suck less than we did the day before, the week before, the month before, the last race.  There are many … Continue reading →

So I have not posted much the past almost 2 years.  Deal with it.  I will try to post a bit more now.  Just a reminder though,  I am not much a writer.  The posts will be full of grammatical … Continue reading →

Motivation, it’s a funny kind of thing.  It’s amazing how motivation is there and then the next day it’s gone.  And not just gone, but like over the horizon gone, with no sign of coming back.  This happens to me every year … Continue reading →

Man there has been a lot of shit hitting the fan in the cycling world lately. It was only a matter of time though. Right now it is not looking good for the sport of cycling but I think in … Continue reading →

Bike riding is all about suffering.  I don’t care if you ride your bike slow, ride it fast, ride it long, ride it short (insert “that’s what she said” comments here).  At one point or another anyone who has ridden … Continue reading →

So all of this Olympic stuff has got me thinking a lot.  At one time my goal as a kid was the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.  This was also the first year they let professionals in so I knew my already .0001% … Continue reading →

So this week has felt like that.  I was gone all week for work and it was mind overload of a wealth of new information.  We went through 2 books that were about 2″ think each.  Along with sitting in … Continue reading →