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The Steel Frame Job: A Hardboiled Haikrostic

30 June 202510 November 2025 By Steven Sheffield

A detective’s prized custom steel bicycle is stolen from his garage. When the streets stay silent, he uses his badge and fists to hunt for the truth.

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The Birth of Jesus: The Tale of the Bicycle Journey

25 December 202414 August 2025 By Steven Sheffield

From the Gospel of Pedalion 12:1-12

And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from the mayor of the cycling city of Velocipolis, that all should be registered. Each citizen was to journey unto their hometown, there to be recorded, along with their beloved bicycles.

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59’31”

01 December 202314 August 2025 By Steven Sheffield

59’31” is a word and visual art piece, that originally appeared in the Early Spring 2023 issue of Cycling West Magazine. It’s a puzzle too. Can you solve it? Check out the Spring 2023 issue of Cycling West Magazine for the answer.

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Word Art: Le Tour de France

28 July 201923 October 2019 By Steven Sheffield

Prologue.
The clock ticks.

Visions of heroes.

Le favori porte le dossard numéro cinquante-et-un, comme Merckx a fait en 1969.

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Steven Sheffield

Cyclist. Writer. Photographer. Reverend. Chief Semantics Officer. Opinions (freely offered) not sanctioned by any national or international organizations.

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