by Matthew Friedman | Sep 11, 2023 | Commentary
I will be riding more than 100 miles on Sunday. Maybe 120. 17 September is the date of the Terry Fox Run in Canada. Many of my readers will remember Terry Fox, the young athlete who had lost his right leg to cancer and ran into history as one of the Great Canadian...
by Matthew Friedman | Sep 4, 2023 | Commentary
At summer camp, we used to sing a song every Shabbes by the Canadian writer Yosaif Silverman. Jewish summer camps, even the ones operating today, have deep roots in the soil of the Labor Bund, European Social Democracy, and Labor Zionism.* And the one I attended was...
by Matthew Friedman | Aug 17, 2023 | Advice, Gear
I had just turned onto the D&R Canal tow-path off Quaker Road. I was riding Le Mouton Noir, my cyclocross bike, laden down with about 50lbs of groceries from Wegmans in my backpack, under a torrential late-June downpour. In other words, it was a perfect ride. But...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 31, 2023 | Training
The rain started on Culver Road about five miles into the ride. I don’t like riding in the rain – I don’t like getting wet, and the lack of visibility and the slick pavement makes me a little twitchy every time a car hisses by. It started with big drops, spaced at...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 18, 2023 | Racing
That moment when Michael Woods surged past Matteo Jorgenson on the final climb of the Puy de Dome in stage nine of the Tour de France was full of what the kids call “the feels.” Here was a fellow Canadian winning at the top of one of the most storied climbs in bike...
