Drip. Drip. Drip. That’s the sound of the sweat that rapidly dripped off my forehead as I pedaled slowly up a hill on the access road of Interstate 10 at about 12:30pm. The temperature was over 100 degrees and marching swiftly to a high of 106 marking one of the hottest days of the year and the hottest August, on record, [...]

The time is November 2010 – the scene, Bike World in San Antonio, TX. I’m killing some time looking at new bicycles (always a dangerous past time) and see a 2010 Trek Soho, in my size, with a price tag indicating $550 off.  Oh no!  I hear a whisper in my ear, “Buy me…”.  Then the rational (kinda rhymes with [...]