Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Winter, that other cycling season - from Maynard, Mass

This is a charming piece with a sad afterword. It's especially charming to me, your easily charmed blogger, because of its repeated mentions (hey, it's the first word in the article!) of my name. Well, the town's name....

By the way, and this is NO reflection on the linked article, do you think of a bicycle losing traction sideways as "skidding?" Did you always refer to falling off your bike as "crashing?" Do you call front suspension units "shocks?" Is the unit comprising hub, spokes, rim and tire called a "rim?" Can a bicycle's stopping mechanism be called a "break" or a "brake?"

Jus' curious....

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