In her novel Wise Blood, Flannery O’Connor antaprotagonist Hazel Motes blinds himself, wraps his torso in barbed-wire, and walks around with pointy rocks in his shoes in attempted atonement for, well, we’re not exactly sure. Hazel has done some bad things, including killing somebody, but most folks wouldn’t go to quite the extreme Mr. Motes… Read More Slow Cycling and Flannery O’Connor

Yesterday’s ride, or at least part of it, exceeded the general scope of “slow cycling” to the point of “walking 53 lb. ebike up a couple of hundred yards of that multi-use path running from Boca Negra Visitor Center up to Unser Blvd.” And that was the most fun part of a very fun “ride.”… Read More Slow Cycling: Boca Negra Canyon

As we focus toward appealing to the absolute lowest number of readers possible (I write this half-jokingly), which of the two following facts is more obscure (note: this is hard): If we were asking the above in Colombo, Sri Lanka right now, this would be a no-brainer, but for almost all of us here in… Read More Slow Cycling: North ABQ Bosque

Typical rides the last few months have included more squiggles than a paramecium, but yesterday’s was such a straight shot, I can tell you the whole route in about seven moves: Bosque Path to William St. to Coal/Zuni, through the Los Altos Golf Course to I-40 Path to NM-333 to NM-14 and thirty miles later… Read More Slow Cycling: Lantern Ridge by Ebike

At only three months in, I’m still at that vengeful stage of retirement in which one looks at their watch on a weekday mid-morning, remembers what one used to be doing at that precise time (“Tuesday at 10:37 A.M, smack-dab in the middle of Third Period teaching!”) and busts out laughing maniacally. I was here… Read More Slow Cycling Chronicles: East Corrales

I’ve been thinking a lot about visual art lately, a notable difference in mindset as I’m tend to be remarkably unobservant of my visual surroundings. Many reasons have led to this elevation in seeing what’s around me, including a trip to Albuquerque Museum to see the dreadful Georgia O’Keeffe/Henry Moore exhibition. I miss going to… Read More Bosque, Gated Communities and other Slow Cycling Venues