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As if it were not enough to climb Hicks once in the past month (or past year, for that matter) ... what was I doing out there today? Let me...

For the 10 days leading up to today, the forecast was dire. Would the Thanksgiving Day Low-Key Mt. Hamilton Hillclimb be canceled for the f...

There were some new faces at today's Low-Key Hillclimb . When I reached the top of Kings Mountain, I caught a snippet of conversation. I...

Would I be faster? The weather was dreary and cold; it seemed certain that we would ride into the cloud. Had I vanquished the virus that att...

Halloween. Ghosts. Waves ? Big, scary waves. As a cyclist, I can fully appreciate the chasm that separates my performance from that of the p...

If I climbed this hill every week, would I get stronger? Faster? Both? For reasons I can't explain, a Cake song started playing on my i...

The shadows grow longer, the weekends grow busier, and the cyclist grows weaker and wider. Opportunities for a round-trip bike commute in (m...