by Christian Schick | Jul 20, 2018 | Cycling Motivation, Cycling Stories
Great Lakes Circle Tour 2018 Does this sound like work or vacation? Picture this. You wake up at dawn with a sore back. You start the stove, make and eat breakfast, wash dishes, take down the tents, and pack up. Then you hop on your bike and pedal for 8-10 hours...
by Christian Schick | Jul 6, 2018 | Cycling Motivation, Cycling Stories, Why I Like It
A Film About Endurance “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him!” –Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 About a month ago, my...
by Christian Schick | Jun 30, 2018 | Poetry
A Sonnet About Adventure I sometimes write poetry. I like the traditional Shakespearean sonnet form because of my familiarity with it. Once you write in a specific format often enough, it becomes a blank canvas to write whatever you want. Figuring out the rhyme and...
by Christian Schick | Jun 12, 2018 | Cycling Motivation, Cycling Stories, Productivity
A Life Lesson from Cycling I don’t care about most of the reasons why you should start commuting to work on a bicycle. You have probably heard them all before anyways. Such as how it might help the environment. You might have heard about the fitness implications or...
by Christian Schick | May 25, 2018 | Cycling Motivation, Why I Like It
The Power of Community The cycling community is bound by strong ties. When I awoke this morning, there was a cyclist sleeping on my couch. He had texted me yesterday afternoon to say that he was biking from Key West to Toronto and needed a place to stay. He would...
