One of the pleasant surprises on the road is the town that surprises you by renting decent bikes. I was stuck in Sante Fe for three days, giving a talk and found a neat little bike store that rented...
BIG TIME RETIREMENT HOBBY
Sometimes, fooling around with a serious hobby is all anyone needs. You don’t have to be able to afford great toys but it doesn’t get in the way, either. Try this: I spent the past weekend with a lovely...
BIG TIME RETIREMENT HOBBY PART II
Those of you who do not happen to have 60 foot yachts may be amused by this follow up. I went all the way to Bermuda to sail on this guy’s huge boat. On arrival, learned that the boat...
NICE BIKES
I went to my friend, Michael’s, bike store in Millerton N.Y. yesterday to look for a good bike for a pal who’s riding an old beater. I am meeting his train at noon today and dragging him straight to...
HARRY’S SEROTTA BIKE FITTING
This blog is just for bike nuts. Harry and I spent a happy two hours yesterday while he got "fitted" for his new all-titanium Serotta. Part of it was like a college entrance interview…lots of questions about how you...
DOWN IN BERMUDA
This comes under the broad heading of "Whining In Paradies" but I had to make a two-day/one-night, business trip to Bermuda over this weekend. Had to. And the trip raised, in a more pleasing context, the endless question of how...