Sov and I are in a massive van, being piloted by a Brit named Pat on our way to a hotel outside of London near Heathrow Airport.  We’re driving away from Single Speed UK, in Swanage, which is on the Dorsett coast of the United Kingdom.  We’ve been here 12 days and it’s been pretty awesome from start to finish.  Last week we landed in Edinburgh (neither of us having slept at all on the trip over) on Saturday morning around 8:30, put our bikes together and road fatbikes with about 40 people on the rocky eastern beaches of Scotland. …

So I’ve been thinking…What would it be like to camp 2 or 3 days a week for the rest of the summer?  Except, of course, for times when I’m not actually in Minneapolis. It’s absolutely feasible for me to ride my bike wherever I want, and set up a stealth camping spot for the evening.  I’m not advocating for camping illegally, but simply finding interesting spots to rest for the evening that will keep me within the good graces of Johnny Law.  It is decided.  I’m going to use my bike to camp a shit load this summer.  How much…

Over the weekend I saw a posting from an online bike dealer that caused some chamois to bunch up. They posted the image below with a tag line You don’t get legs like this pushing a gas pedal!   Commenters took them to town for posting a waifish pair of legs in strappy high heels leaning up against a toe cage clad fixie. I copied some of the comments below for context:  “Or riding a bike” “You get legs like those from not eating” “I would look stupid with legs like that.” “If you WANT a woman with legs like…

   

Last week I was lucky enough to attend Single Speed European Championships in Spain.  I went there with Greg.  For him it was his first time, and for me my third.  The first time I went was in 2007, held in Piolenti, France.  Then, after a five-year absence, Tyler and I attended last year when it was in Floressas, France.  SSEC has now become an event not to be missed for me.  The single speed events I have been to have almost all been great, because they’ve tended to not take themselves too seriously.  Single speeding as a discipline is…