Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

Crossroads

Fleetwood Mac

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Circa 1969 I bought this double album called Fleetwood Mac in Chicago at Super Saver Drug in Bozeman, MT. I think I paid $6.95 or so which was a lot of money for a fifteen year old kid. I bought it because the people in the pictures on the cover were Read More

neon plants swim like green seaweed to a deep rhythm of blues I listen to the music and try to figure out the structure or the time signature and soon realize it doesn't matter. What matters is the feeling. The music. It throbs and pulses; staggers and careens; stumbles but doesn't fall; and is completely Read More

service

Today a customer brought his bike in and purchased a rack which the Bike Hermit installed- without charging for his time. On Saturday last, he installed a rack and new grips and frame bags on a customer's bike. The bike and all the parts had belonged to Bike Touring News just hours before. Is that Read More

Little Jimmy Scott

As I write this I'm listening to David Byrne's song  Heaven as interpreted by Jimmy Scott. Jimmy Scott passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014. He was 88. This article at theguardian.com highlights five of his performances and gives a little bit of background about his life and career. I became a fan of his during Read More