The night after my first-ever cyclocross race—Star City CX’s “Angry Serpent” at Van Dorn Park—I was too jazzed up to sleep. Across the hall in the dark of my daughter’s room, Jeffery the Hamster kept spinning his squeaky wheel. And the hamster in my squeaky head was just as tireless—spinning those laps again and again. … More Eric and the Red Crayon: An Introduction to Cyclocross

So I’m a little ashamed of myself. Me and my potty mouth went off on a bike ride Saturday. And, cyclist, we made you look bad. I can’t quit thinking about it. Accompanying me and my potty mouth on this ride was my younger brother, Jeremy, in town from Minneapolis for a family visit. On … More I Done You Wrong