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Mark Smith

11 mars 20173 min de lecture

A Tale of Two Cyclists

There’s not much of a story in it, really. But it is interesting to sniff around this world and compare the daily concerns, styles and...

Mark Smith

2 mars 20173 min de lecture

Bike Porn and Walls of Dust

I’ve got two excellent bikes—three if you count the tandem. The first and oldest found me on a backstreet in Hong Kong, in a cluttered...

Mark Smith

24 févr. 20173 min de lecture

A Man and His Bikes

You know what it’s like at the end of a long ride. Your head feels like a cannonball, your hands go numb and crotch surgery seems...

Mark Smith

17 févr. 20172 min de lecture

Beautiful Blue Curse

Ten years ago I was walking through a town in Normandy when I came across a vide grenier, which is the French term for “garage sale” (the...

Mark Smith

7 févr. 20173 min de lecture

Pleasant Little Deaths Near Paris

Fly in to Paris from any direction and you’d swear the terrain below offers no significant vertical challenges for pedal-powered road...

Mark Smith

3 févr. 20173 min de lecture

Geometry by Bike

Think of Paris as a wheel. It’s not hard to do since it’s pretty round, its border defined by the “périphérique” ring road that pulses...