Steven Sheffield, Author at Flahute

A Cyclist’s Winter Reading List

15 January 202003 January 2020 By Steven Sheffield

Winter can be kind of rough for cyclists sometimes, at least for those who don’t have a winter sport that gets them outside. Winter can also be a good season for a little downtime, to either recover from the year’s efforts, or to take your mind off the mind-numbing chore of riding a trainer indoors. As a fan of cycling as a sport, along with its history, I am constantly seeking out new books to read, and I know that others may do the same. As such, I am pleased to present the 2019 version of A Cyclist’s Winter Reading List.

#Bike Racing

Life Time Acquires Crusher in the Tushar

05 December 201910 December 2019 By Steven Sheffield

Burke “T-Bird” Swindlehurst’s Crusher in the Tushar will be joining the Life Time family of events starting in 2020, alongside notable endurance events such as the Leadville Trail 100 MTB and Emporia’s Dirty Kanza. Swindlehurst will remain at the helm as Crusher’s Event Director, but will now have the added resources and wealth of experience that the Life Time team brings.

#Cycling #Film Reviews

REVIEW: HBO Sports presents Any One Of Us

29 October 201910 December 2019 By Steven Sheffield

From 2008 to 2014, Paul Basagoitia was one of the stars of the annual Red Bull Rampage, which takes place each October near Virgin, Utah. On October 16, 2015, after a devastating crash in practice, his life changed forever. HBO’s excellent new documentary Any One of Us, much of which was filmed by Basagoitia himself, tells the story of the crash and Basagoitia’s road to recovery from a severe spinal cord injury (SCI) which left him paralyzed from the waist down.

#Essays

It Was 30 Years Ago Today

17 October 201923 October 2019 By Steven Sheffield

30 years ago today, shortly after 5:00 pm, I was sitting on the stoop outside the Nob Hill restaurant at which I worked in San Francisco, smoking a cigarette. The lunch rush was long over, and the dinner rush hadn’t started. It was hot; very hot that day. We called it earthquake weather. Little did we know. I was one of the lucky ones.

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Awkward Words

12 October 201923 October 2019 By Steven Sheffield

I have a fascination with words, and I love to debate. I can argue semantics for hours, much to the dismay of people around me at times. I’m pretty sure that’s why a friend of mine gave me a book this past summer; because I was driving her crazy with my insistence on using the right words.

#Cycling #Essays

BOB in Paradise

29 September 201923 October 2019 By Steven Sheffield

What is the most frustrating thing that can happen to a cyclist? I think one of them is being forced off the bike, and in to walking. One weekend, late in the summer of 1994, I had that experience.

#Bike Racing #Photography

Tour of Utah 2019 Photo Gallery

24 September 201904 November 2019 By Steven Sheffield

A gallery of my favorite images from the 2019 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah

#Cycling #Essays

La Madonna del Ghisallo & the Ghisallo Prayer

18 September 201923 October 2019 By Steven Sheffield

By nature, I am not a particularly religious person, but I do have a fascination with the Madonna del Ghisallo, who in the Catholic faith has been named the patron saint of cyclists.

#Book Reviews #Cycling

REVIEW: The Breakaway, by Nicole Cooke

14 September 201907 November 2019 By Steven Sheffield

Few athlete memoirs are well-written, and fewer still are written by women athletes. That The Breakaway: my story, by retired Welsh cyclist Nicole Cooke, is both means that the time it takes to read it is definitely well-spent.

The Campagnolo Cavatappi "BIG" Corkscrew

#Cycling #Tech Reviews

REVIEW: The Campagnolo Cavatappi (the BIG Corkscrew)

08 September 201923 October 2019 By Steven Sheffield

People may ask which of Tullio Campagnolo’s innovations is the most important; the quick release allowing gears to be changed more easily in the pre-derailleur days, or the Gran Sport (and later Record & Super Record) rear derailleurs … and the best way to settle any debate is over a bottle of fine wine.