Blather on Bicycling

My name is Brian. When my office was in Quinn Coliseum, I worked with Brian, Brian, Ryan, and Ryan. When I started riding here, I soon met Brian. Then I met Ryan, who also bikes. Then, we started a bike race team and Brian joined up from Hermiston. Later, Brian joined from Baker. I later met Brian from Tri-Cities and said he should join the team because we were only accepting Brians.  When I went to a conference a couple years ago, they put me in the same room as Brian. And just last week I was contacted by a friend of mine from graduate school, Bryan. At the Tour of Willamette earlier this year, I was racing again Brian, Brian, Brian, Brian, and Brian, among other people. Thankfully Brian won. Look up 1972 in the dictionary and what name is the most popular listed. No. . . its “Michael,” but “Brian” is 8th. Read more

For the last 2 months I’ve been languishing with a self-diagnosed case of Pertussis. My whole family has. From a bicycle racing standpoint, I couldn’t have picked a better time to get this prolonged illness.

One of the advantages of Pertussis is that you feel 100% normal between coughing sessions. Couple that fact with a self-imposed quarantine and you have someone who went bonkers developing websites. I’ve put together 4 awesome websites that you need to see: CyclingAnalysis.com, SpokeCycling.com, PEvideo.org, and PerformanceVid.com. These are still under development because I’ve got a few more things I need to change, but I’m otherwise ready to roll them out. Read more