Urban Velo Issue 4 Now Available

The November issue of "Urban Velo," the self-described "reflection of the cycling culture in current day cities," is now available. From their site:

Contents include: Goldsprints, Winter Survival Guide, I Love Riding in the City, The Rise & Fall of a Bike Shop That Never Was, Ghana, Residue, Bike Fit, Ignorance is Bliss, Starting a Local Advocacy Organization Part III and No Exit.

Download it at UrbanVelo.org.

Happy Halloween

Most excellent pic from Phillip at Nicomachus.net.

Cycle North Carolina, Fall 2007 Ride

I finally got all of the pictures posted from Cycle North Carolina. I posted a handful of stories from Day 1, but trailed off after that. To be honest, as we hit the middle of the state, the terrain became a lot more familiar and felt a little less spectacular. Also, despite all the great folks we met along the way, there wasn't another Wild Woody's or Clifford O'Dell to be found. Most certainly, they're out there. They just didn't happen to appear on our path.

The trip had a lot of highlights in the 505 miles...

• absolutely amazing people riding the event
• 3300 feet of climbing on Day 1
• 40 mph descents after all that climbing
• some pretty decent wine in the Yadkin Valley, and awfully good beer from Natty Green's in Greensboro
• vast wide-open skies with the most amazing clouds for miles and miles
• an unparalleled greeting in Oak Ridge with the kids from Oak Ridge Elementary out by the road cheering us on
• the story of Glencoe Mill and the history of North Carolina mill villages
• SPEVCO and the "what the...?!?!" feeling I got when seeing them
• the welcome signs from the kids from South Mebane Elementary
• The Caddy Limo parked in front of a trailer with a "Gas Grass or Ass..." bumper sticker
• the open-field screening of Breaking Away
• holding on to the back of a line of great folks who pulled me in the last 30 miles of my first english century
• hitting the 100 mile mark on the bridge over Albemarle Sound

And, finally, here are the pictures...

• My Flickr pics
• Slideshow version

CNC posting delays

Whilst out on my cross-state adventure, I found myself in and out of mobile coverage and, consequently, in and out of bloggability. And when I was "in," I was suitably behind in blogging and honestly, having so much fun just riding and hanging out, that I really wasn't motivated to keep up.

So, more CNC pics and stories coming soon, and normal blogging to resume immediately. Really.

CNC Day 1: Moonlighting

Its a Durham thing.

CNC Day 1: Clifford O'Dell

I met Clifford O'Dell today. There's lots to say about Clifford, more than Flickr will let me write in one post. In our brief 15 minute chat, we covered evil people, junkyards, ground water and the high price of Chuck Norris video tapes. More when I get home...