By Stan Purdum While searching for something else recently, I happened upon the word velophile. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that term before, but after reading the definition — “a slang term for someone with an intense, long-lasting passion for cycling” — and learning that it’s a synonym for “bicycle geek,” I must admit…
By Kevin Kolodziejski I could be talking about anything, including cycling, when I say that reworking the same old same old and having it lead to something helpful is a wonderful thing. The talk today, though, is when the same old same old is not cycling but another a very healthful thing, weight training, and the reworking…
By Stan Purdum For more than 10 successive years, I attended the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA), held in June as a tour of a few Ohio counties each time, with overnights in campgrounds, city parks, college campuses or other public venues. Usually, on the last evening of the event, there was a “talent night” where…
By Kevin Kolodziejski Mick Jagger’s been around seemingly forever, as well as the song he’ll be linked to for just as long: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” But hey, hey, hey, that’s just what I say. If what you say is that there’s no reason to mention this in a cycling column, I won’t tell you how…
Question: I’m relatively new to cycling, and I’ve heard a fellow rider say, “Nothing hurts when riding a bike.” That’s not my experience. What can he mean? —Jim J. RBR’S STAN PURDUM REPLIES: Statements of that sort are usually made by riders who have been at it for a few years. They’ve gone through —…
