STP Pix

All the pictures you could ever need of the event.

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone

Too much biking could make your knees unhappy, especially if your bike is not well adjusted, or if you perhaps have six gears and go over big hills anyway. So, what type of pain is it? Did you fall? Should you readjust your bike? Learn how to ride better? I'm going with the last option, because I'm not getting more gears any time soon.

more Marmots

As it turns out, they eat marmots in Mongolia and China, and the marmots carry bubonic plague (Black Plague, anyone?), so they have to be careful which ones they eat. And then there's lots of other marmot lore.

Marmots

Marmots live in the mountains, and eat flowers. And they whistle. How great a life is that?

Os Mutantes

In three weeks, some crazy Brazilians are coming to play in Seattle. Beatles-and-LSD-influenced-only-reunion-since-1973 crazy.

Handlebar tape

If you, like me, start out clueless, here's how to re-wrap your handlebars. If you're super ambitious, do it harlequin style!


(and this is how not to get saddle sores)