"You Only Come Around Here When You Want Something"

Yes, it's true, and what I want is for you to read my latest column for Outside, which is about why kids need to ride bikes:


If you really want yours to get ahead in life you'd better make sure they know their way around a velocipede.

I also want you to congratulate me for the fact that I haven't touched a bike with a derailleur all week.  For example, yesterday I enjoyed a pleasant outing on my artisanal singlespeed:


I also commuted into Manhattan on my Midlife Crisis Fixie, seen here in a prison cell:


And on Tuesday, not only did I forego derailleurs, but I also skipped the bike altogether and ran for the first time since 2018!  I felt pretty good, too--until the day after, and the day after that, and the day after that, which is today.  Of course, maybe I wouldn't still be sore if I'd been riding bikes with derailleurs instead of pushing one-speed drivetrains with sore legs, but if I were capable of making rational decisions I wouldn't be living in New York City and dedicating my life to writing about bicycles now would I?

No I would not.

Lastly, if you're among the one (1) people who noticed I wasn't on the radio this past Monday, my show was preempted by a fund drive, but I should be back this coming Monday.  And for the rest of you who had no idea I was on the radio in the first place, guess what?  I have a radio show in New York City now!

Now leave work early and go ride your bike.