I was loving the sunset, so I scurried up to the hospital to get a better view

Full Suspension Bikes and SRMR Finish Rates

I know AI sucks, but then sometimes I think it might have some useful analysis. I asked Jetpack for AI feedback on an article and it provided it in Portuguese. While the feedback was relevant, and clearly based on my article, the article was in English, and I make no claims of Portuguese fluency.

Just a week until #givingtuesday Please consider #youthenroute and Give Freedom. Our quote today is from a student after they'd had a few months to enjoy their new skills and bike. www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...

a customer left a negative review for my customer service when I suggested a fire extinguisher for his “totally legitimate brand” of bike. Also had a 180mm travel fat suspension fork with 146mm qr spacing and 1”steerer tube, so I should also have recommended a dentist www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...

Customer today: “I’ve been working with chatgpt on this for over 2 hours, and you fixed it in 3 minutes, that’s amazing!” Chatgpt hasn’t ever ridden a bike, I amn’t surprised it can’t fix one

Kid had knee surgery today, it involved fewer woodworking tools than anticipated. Surgeon told kid that he had Wolverine-like healing abilities

Bike (In)Decision For SRMR What Kind of bike do you recommend for these events? There are a number of bike options that would all be solid choices for these races. There are few extremely technical sections, but you will benefit from wider tyres, flat bars and mountain bike geometry on the rougher…

I’ve had five minute commutes and hour and a half commutes, and yeah, this completely checks out.

Yes, the customer who arrived 5minutes after closing today did just want a cable cut. But wanted it cut longer

Riding for fun

My copy arrived today, I am more than a lot stoked

I’m still reeling from this article. The whole thing is utterly insane. Are people seeing this? Why does it feel like there are never enough eyes on stories like this? Even Sweden’s Foreign Ministry is treating her account as merely “allegations.” www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Finding Myself My recent racing history has a few unfinished courses in it, Rather than lament getting lost, I am actively looking to improve the things that make it more likely to finish. Navigation has been a big challenge for me. I was skilled enough with a map and compass, but the modern world…

Cycling's a boon in winter, too. Turns out the winter weather wasn't the obstacle, maintenance and design were.

Saw the most innovative addict today, she was too bent over to see where she was going on her stolen bike. So she used her phone as a periscope to ride

Excellent commentary on the role electric bikes can play in reducing the need for personal vehicles. But also talks about how crummy and overpowered e bikes (& quasi-motorcycles) are dangerous & negatively impact safety and perception. theconversation.com/... #yyc #yyccc #yycbike

Stolen from Elbow Park Trek Marlin, The Bike Shop adventure sticker over the 5 on top tube. Maxxis rekon tires tubeless front 2.6 wire rear. bag roll mount front, old man mountain rack,shimano deore linkglide drivetrain, green oneup pedals, front wheel velocity dually on red halo hub. Red sdg saddle

I have asked a couple of questions that I knew the answer to, and I also have customers telling me how chatbot wants me to fix their bikes. The "AI" always doubles down on its assertions. The new god is no better than the old gods at choosing guitars or fixing bicycles.

Sure, we’ll get your bike (not actually broken)! overhauled tonight, we’ll put the night shift on it. We always have bike mechanics on standby in case you want to go for a ride, and didn’t plan your maintenance

Comedic duo Dreeshen and Maclean really need to rework their pathetic act...and look up the term "induced demand" while they're at it. Ripping out bike lanes only invites more gridlock, not less. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... #yycbike #yyccc

I helped a friend's daughters have an overnight adventure in the mountains. I think we all got more than we expected youtu.be/kW0qcGciuCw

“Their economy produces more GDP/worker than any other. But the average Albertan’s standard of living is lower than a decade ago.” “It wasn’t Ottawa that laid them off, cut their pay, froze minimum wage, drove up electricity/insurance costs, and put health care at risk. It was the enemy within.”

I’m really stoked to see this being offered, I wish it was available when I started. If you start riding to replace 30 km of driving per week, you will pay for this course in less than 2 months, as well as the money you will save by not buying useless junk. The people behind this are experienced

I live on a busy street, I expect traffic noise. I am generally in favour of the new multi-family development going on too. But each new development digs a trench to the utilities and then fills it unevenly to the road, And now, my dishes in the cupboards rattle, or even clang when a truck goes by

I’ll keep howling it until more of you get it: The AHS contract procurement scandal is the only thing we should be focussed on. Separation is a distraction. It’s all about THIS. You are not dogs, #ableg. Stop reacting to every UCP “squirrel”. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

The carbon tax rebate used to pay for my insurance and most of the gasoline for my van for the year

I've been working on this for over a month to try to convey my thoughts without sounding whiny. I hope this succeeds. I would have regretted not going, and I'll be back for the long race. https://www.coldbike.com/2025/04/28/iti-2025-what-went-wrong/

so they're mycoblogging

Old Coach trail, Radium

I bought a 1992 mtb that had these on it, and I can’t help but wonder about the collarbones of the kids who raced on them in the early 90s

Not sure how I feel about youngster getting 130% on his university robotics project. It’s not even his best robot

BAN COWS

The community association emails trying to coerce me into getting a restrictive covenant on my property are making me wish I could afford to tear down my house and build low-income housing.

Back at work at the bike shop after racing the ITI on a bike. Customers mostly talked about having just a few more months before they would be riding again

I understand that I'm a white man in my late 50s, but why do I have so many pairs of Dockers?

I was training for a winter ultra, so this is the only bike I currently have studded tires on. I amn’t about to install them on other bikes in March, so I’ll be riding a fatty for all of this year’s spring snows

Aurora on the Farewell Burn #itialaska2025

Discover My ITI Adventure Through Video Highlights Here is a video I made of my ITI experience this year, I was less focused on the video than I was on riding, but I surprised myself with how much footage I had

Mystery bruise, I found this after the @itialaska but I didn’t notice the impact that caused it

Success on the ITI 350 I always say that harsher weather favours riders like me who are on the slower side of slow but have strong cold-weather skills. When everyone is pushing their bikes through deep snow, then everyone is basically going the same speed as me.

I went to watch dogsled racing in downtown Anchorage today, dogs are awesome

In case anyone is in to dot watching the best sporting event of the year trackleaders.com/iti25f.php

Winter race bike nerds rejoice, the “rigs of ITI 2025” is out #itialaska bikepacking.com/bikes/2025-i...

Things are getting real itialaska.com/race-roster-...

In the UK, auto insurance prices dropped 16% in a year. A big reason: Lower urban speed limits Industry analyst: "Areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of claim frequency – a key factor in the cost of car insurance."

From 2002 to 2025: My Iditarod Comeback Back in 2002, when I first rode the OG bikepacking race, the Iditarod Trail Invitational 350 (ITI), I said I would be back to ride the 1000 (if I had the time off work back in 2002, I would have just continued). The thought of riding in the long race has…

Since the announcement of hate speech encouragement, I have gotten two notifications on the sewing app, both from people I like, both announcing their departure. Fortunately both are on here

I frequently lament the lack of #yycbike infrastructure, but then I went to Perth Australia, and now I know how much worse it could be