Category Archives: cycling

Life between the cornstalks

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Saturday morning we rode into a stiff west wind following early morning rainstorms. The roads were so wet the rooster-tails of the rider ahead of you made it difficult to see as rainwater coated the lens of our sunglasses. But … Continue reading →

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That’s why they call it a criterium

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

A criterium, or crit, is a bike race held on a short course (usually less than 1 mile), often run on closed-off city center streets. Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, in which case … Continue reading →

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Life is just nuts sometimes

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

The Acorn While talking with my brother-in-law this weekend, I learned that he is heavily involved in removing acorns from his lawn. He’s not one to exaggerate. He’s always been a person to calculate his statements with some accuracy given … Continue reading →

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Hitching a ride

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

In 1979, the summer after I graduated from college, I moved temporarily back to Illinois from Iowa before starting work that fall as an Admissions department counselor for the college from which I’d graduated. My girlfriend was staying on campus … Continue reading →

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Run right past the junkyard

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

I have a social media fetish just like millions of people around the world. I wake up in the middle of the night and think, “That was stupid what you posted yesterday. Why even engage with that stuff?” Even my … Continue reading →

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Did someone say cycling commute?

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Iiiiiiiii rode my bike to work today. Not on purpose, mind you. The vehicle I normally take to work needed service. More than I thought. Took longer than I thought too. Soooo the option was hopping on the Specialized Rockhopper … Continue reading →

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Road bike happiness

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

Last night I led my daughter’s boyfriend Kyle on his first road bike venture. He’d grown up as a proficient and daring BMX racer, so the whole road bike thing wasn’t as threatening to him as it might be to … Continue reading →

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Getting my 20 on

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

I’m not a slow bike rider. But I’m not a super fast bike rider either. My brother-in-law Paul once rode 40K (that’s 24 miles) in an hour. On a road bike. That’s fast. And he was still a CAT 3 … Continue reading →

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On Wisconsin

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

There are places in this world we can claim for ourselves despite the fact that we are not legally a resident. For me, one of those is Wisconsin. I know that people who live there refer to Illinoisians as Flatlanders. … Continue reading →

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Was Jesus a triathlete?

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Christopher Cudworth

The Bible is a remarkable book both in what it reveals and also what it leaves to our collective spiritual imagination. For example, the creation story and the rescue of species from the worldwide floods lists a few “kinds” of … Continue reading →

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