I’ve been training all summer, buying all kinds of specialized gear, talking to people, downloading apps, you name it. This week has been all about figuring out this blog(!) and learning that, once again, cycling technology is in a completely different place now than it was when I bought my what-I-still-think-of-as-new Lemond in 2000. Today’s lightning bolt was all about tubeless tires.

And I got some expert AI help with this blog and am getting there. I think there may have been some humans behind the scenes as well, but, really, do we need to know?