Slow Cycling Notes

Slow Cycling Notes

Unhurried rides out of town, small repairs and roads through the seasons. No races, no records — just notes on routes and whatever I fixed along the way.

An old steel bicycle leaning on an iron bridge railing above a road covered in wet maple leaves

Leaf mush

October 17, 2026

An old steel bike upside down on a wooden back step, a rag and a small oil bottle beside it, wet autumn leaves on the boards

That chain sounds thirsty

October 14, 2026

An old steel bicycle leaning on a wooden fence by a country road at dusk, a bag of apples hanging from the handlebar

You'll want a light coming back

October 12, 2026

An old steel bicycle leaning against a wooden fence post beside an orchard, a bag of apples hanging from the handlebar

Did I really need the third layer?

October 5, 2026

An old steel bicycle leaning on a wooden fence beside a foggy creek on a cold autumn morning

Forty-one degrees at the bottom of the hill

October 2, 2026