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Cycling catastrophe: thinking the unthinkable, bearing the unbearable

July 19, 2012

Some of my friends have advised against publishing this article, concerned that it may discourage others from cycling. As you can see, I’m poor at following advice, even when it’s offered with the best intentions. […]

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Go for a bicycle ride with your parents, for crying out loud!

July 16, 2012

It was my dad, Ray Sr., who pushed me off on my first wobbly ride, sans training wheels, on a suburban road in Wednesfield, England. I retain a distinct memory of those first pedal strokes: the curb, too close to my unsteady front wheel, threatening to end my adventure until I lifted […]

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Return of the rhinos: Rocky Mountain perissodactyl climbs, 1979

July 11, 2012

Since escaping The Great Escape/Nippon Cycle, I’d been surviving as a peripatetic handyman. Now, as the summer climbing season approached, I surveyed my bank book: $60.00
In the nick of time, I got a job with a local cocaine dealer.

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No cheating, please!

July 2, 2012

Sometimes it seems as though the cloud of deceit hangs over everything, not the least in politics and sport. Canada Day celebrations yesterday were often overshadowed by the still unsolved mystery of “Pierre Poutine” and the Robocall scandal. Was the sitting government legitimately elected, or did they misdirect voters to capture closely-contested ridings? As the […]

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Victoria Cycling Fest: Something for everyone

June 28, 2012

From the Family Bike Festival, to Theatre SKAM, to the Bacchanalian party associated with Jump Ship, there was something to fit all tastes, bicyclist or not, at the second annual Victoria International Cycling Festival. I just couldn’t catch it all. Looking again through my photos from last weekend, I decided not to leave it at the […]

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Bicycles and beer: Victoria International Cycling Festival’s final weekend

June 25, 2012

Victoria sees itself as Canada’s Cycling Capital, and with the ascent this year of Victoria native Ryder Hesjedal to the heights of international cycle racing fame, the city is clearly big on bikes. Even so, one might be forgiven for thinking it the world hub of bicycling mania the last few days. Over the weekend, […]

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