Giro d’Italia Photography

Today we were fortunate enough to walk out our door and photograph the finish of this year’s toughest stage of the Giro d’Italia, or at least the most tortuous. Cycling is my sport, though I swore to never photograph it as I don’t want to mix work with my escape sport, but how can I [...]

Photo of the Week: Moab Mountain Biking

Janine had the camera today and exactly twice I heard her yell, “Stop!” And so I did, and these were her two takes. One classic Moab scene and one funky fun. Both, this week’s Photo of the Week – to make up for missing last week.  

2009 L’Eroica Photos

Simply put, I love bikes. The culture of cycling is a large reason I have chosen to live in Italy, for the roots run deep and rich. This past weekend we headed south to Tuscany to photograph the lifestyle around the 2009 L’Eroica. An event celebrating the culture of bike racing and all things that [...]

Roadside Distractions

Roadside Trash; what it says about a culture, its people, and its habits. After 25 years of staring from my bike at roadside debris, litterings, and the impact of humanity, I feel I have greater insight into several countries driving habits. Undoubtedly, America receives the award for the most plentiful and varied trash, while Switzerland [...]

City Limit Sign Sprints come to the Dolomites

Andi Mariner’s eyes lit up when I told him about the American group ride ritual of sprinting for city limit signs. The rest of our group didn’t seem overly interested until Andi’s 5th sprint win over me, then Tschusse decided to play and took the final sprint returning to Brunico. Taking the city limit sign [...]

Bliss on the bike, day 984

Today I left the house and headed for the local winter climb, the Old Sherwin Grade. The goal, 3 laps at my AT. While talking about heart rate, my iPod playlist, what I had for breakfast and how the 3 year expired Clif Shot tasted like that I forced down is really not that exciting [...]