MAMIL Musings: A Middle Aged Man in Lycra Considers Cycling – Rambling Thoughts Regarding Cycling, Travel, Cycling Products, and More

Advice from an Airline Employee: How to Travel Without Being a Total Jerk

I like to think of myself as a fairly seasoned traveler. After all, I not only work for an airline (OK, about 12 hours a…

Travel, Rides, and Routes

Tales of (riding near) The Alhambra

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Granada is a jewel of a city, on the western side of the O.G. Sierra Nevada mountains. By some standards it’s at high altitude, but…

Product Reviews and Evaluations Travel, Rides, and Routes Traveling With a Bike Sucks

Traveling With a Bike Sucks X: Orucase B2 Travel Case Review

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My reader (I know you’re out there, Eddie) knows I like to travel with my bike, and that I kind of have a thing for…

Travel, Rides, and Routes Traveling With a Bike Sucks

Traveling With a Bike Sucks IX: Disc Brake Maintainance While Traveling

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Disc brakes have become the norm for drop bar bikes, relegating rim brakes to the Collector’s Item category. I’m not saying they’re bad, I’m saying…

Travel, Rides, and Routes

Exploring the Costa Blanca from Valencia to Cartagena and Back

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The winter had been brief and dry. We hadn’t seen such a bad snowpack since the fabled winter of ‘76-77, the one that inspired every…

Musings

Thanks, Bobby

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It was the era of cassettes. A guy in a chair, seated in silhouette, tie flowing behind him, told us Maxells were the best. Some…

Musings Product Reviews and Evaluations

Hell in a Bucket – A Report After About 6 months and 400 miles

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2025 became the year of the drop-bar 29er, and I was firmly on board. The feel of underbiking on a singletrack trail that has been…

Travel, Rides, and Routes

Tales of Green Spain: Across the North Coast

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”A journey of a thousand miles begins with at least one clusterfuck” (Lao Tzu’s first, less famous, but more accurate, draft) You can plan…

Musings Travel, Rides, and Routes Traveling With a Bike Sucks

Traveling With a Bike Sucks VIII: DIY Self-Guided Travel

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My regular reader knows I have a weak spot for cycling in Spain. As I’ve gained experience in the country, I’ve started to figure out…

Musings Product Reviews and Evaluations

Questionable Decisions: The Bicycle Design Process

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I design things, I always have. For over 30 years I’ve designed architectural lighting and controls, but my over-caffeinated brain doesn’t limit itself to just…