In high school, one of my favorite teachers looked around the room and announced: “Well, according to US statistics, at least half of you will be divorced at some point in your life.” I remember laughing nervously as young, romantic ideas of diamonds and forever…died. In the awkward minute that followed, we all either stared [...]
Entries from May 30th, 2011
the currency of friendship
May 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hanging out, road rides
Tommy was one of my closest friends my junior year of college. Accidental neighbors, I had outwardly rolled my eyes while bracing myself for a year filled with drunken, slurred shouting and loud music. Not that I knew the guy, then, but I’d heard enough and seen him around. Tall, with dark hair and classically [...]
i like my espresso…
May 25th, 2011 · 3 Comments · bike shops, coffee
…like I like my men: hot, bright, and naked. [The bottom of that portafilter was perfectly machined off at Seven Cycles. No, there is nothing that Rob cannot do.]
earning waffles
May 23rd, 2011 · 7 Comments · bike shops, road rides
“Wait, are you trying to psych yourself out?” Jon asked, on hearing my well-worn excuses. “No, I–“ “You don’t understand, that’s what she’s been doing for the past three weeks,” Dave N. cut in. The subject in question was, as it has been for the past three weeks, the Ride.Studio.Cafe Sunday rides, but Dave could [...]
mrs. kaiko eisel
May 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments · races
A typical gchat conversation between me and Josh, who, once when I was feeling blue, sent me every single picture of Bernhard Eisel that he could find on the Internet. And last night, patched together the following masterpiece… Yeah, I know, my friends spoil me rotten. [This also made Paris-Roubaix for me this year. Lucky [...]
Tags:bernhard eisel·pro bono·toc
crazy, sexy, cool
May 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment · bike shops, handmade goodies, hanging out, style
I may be dating myself in reference to this album but that’s what this week has been. A good thing, maybe, as these past few days, my fingers have been busy tapping the sides of a coffee cup, not a keyboard. But all that caffeine and hanging out hasn’t been for nothing, as I’ve been [...]
Tags:giro·m. scott morton·pave.cc·ride.studio.cafe·serendipitous
[look] what’s new
May 9th, 2011 · 4 Comments · bike shops
[Disclaimer: this is not nearly as interesting or insightful as Competitive Cyclist's What's New. You've been forewarned.] A few days ago, on one of my near-daily treks to Ride.Studio.Cafe, I walked in to see Dave S., Dave N., and Sal huddled around an iPad the far end of the coffee bar. Clearly excited about something, [...]
Tags:h-zontal bike·ifixbyx·jens voigt's army·nyc velo·ride.studio.cafe
style notes: caught in the rain
May 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments · style
The look: Caught in the Rain With No Front Fender. Sponsored by: Sidi, NYC Velo, IndyFab, and [other people's] Rapha [thanks again Dave!]
getting comfortable with discomfort
May 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments · road rides, what i saw on my ride
The situation unfolded when attempts at coherent thought through the written word were thwarted due to a computer so old it has a battery life that defies the natural progression of time. Shutting down within minutes, the computer simultaneously tempted me to kill it for good while forcing me to appreciate the irony of mere [...]
Tags:discomfort·kindle·starbucks
the weekend in pictures: ride.studio.cafe
May 2nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · bike shops
Since first visiting Ride.Studio.Cafe last fall, I’ve been meaning to go back. A big, bright space with racks of Rapha, there are enough Cervelos and Sevens to make you reconsider your conviction that there is such a thing as owning too many bikes. A big coffee bar sits on the side of the shop, a [...]
Tags:coffee·de la paz·ride.studio.cafe·stumptown·weekend in pictures