Dec 16, 2018

With the 2018 cyclocross nats going on in Louisville and some very un-’crosslike weather going on in Albuquerque, Patrick O'Grady is reminded of one dusty pre-season in 2002 when it seemed that both sides of the street were sunny, and a little too much so.

Recorded using a Shure SM-58 mic, a Focusrite Scarlett...

Dec 7, 2018

“Science finds, industry applies, man conforms.” That was the subtitle to the guidebook for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, and 85 years later it seems to hold up.  It brings to mind change, my reflexive resistance to same, and a 2013 "Mad Dog Unleashed" column from Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.

This episode...

Nov 24, 2018

It's probably not what Anheuser-Busch had in mind with the tagline, "This Bud's for you." But nevertheless, craft breweries — and a few bigger outfits, too — are finding creative ways of working weed into their beverages, which could bring a whole new meaning to the term "skunky beer."

These kids today. Before long...

Nov 16, 2018

Marc Sani's "Through the Grapevine" column about legislation to permit mountain bikes in wilderness, and the Republicans who support it, squeezed the grapes of many a reader of the trade magazine Bicycle Retailer and Industry News. 

Patrick O'Grady never could resist kicking someone who's down, especially if someone...

Nov 9, 2018

Remember how it feels to lose? Keep that in mind when you win. A mediation on the midterms.

Recorded using an Audio-Technica AT2100-USB microphone and a Zoom H5 Handy Recorder. Edited in Apple's GarageBand.

The National Emblem March, composed in 1902 by Edwin Eugene Bagley, was performed by the U.S. Air Force...