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My Facebook profile only has a single word in my bio. That word is ‘Married’. Obviously the most important piece of information about me and the most important person in my life for over 45 years. Oh yes, there is one other piece of data I shared. When I opened my FB account, I usedContinue reading “Facebook Fails”

Bringing your bike with you on a plane trip is not simple. First you need to acquire a bike box or case. Then you have to partially disassemble the bike. Remove the wheels, pedals and saddle and seatpost. Take off the face plate so you can wrap the handlebar around the frame. Try to getContinue reading “Great Scott”

The 6th ride of 44 5’s HRC 7 day tour through the Cevennes mountains in France is supposed to be an easy day. Sandwiched between a 71 mile loop with 6200 feet climbing Mont Aigoual and the ‘Queen Stage’ of 72 miles over 4 cols with 6,800 feet of up, this day is almost aContinue reading “A Devious Deviation”

The former FBI Director must have plenty of time on his hands. He is enjoying walking on the beach and posting on Instagram. Last week he did both… The sentiment is obvious, even though Comey feigned ignorance and took down the post. He received a visit from the Secret Service, and I suspect the matterContinue reading “Prime the Pump”

We form a key structuring element of White heteropatriarchal supremacy.”  I was a little bit worried that the results of the last election would reduce the material available for my clever social commentary. My fears were unfounded. First, from an interview on NPR, paid for at least in part by my income tax dollars: MostContinue reading “With This Ring…”

Some readers may wonder why I haven’t written about the tariffs and the stock market and the future of the world economy. The reason is that everyone has an opinion, and the kinder and gentler me is trying to avoid conflict. I am pretty much against anything that stifles free trade unless those measures enhanceContinue reading “Tariffs: Traumatic or Terrific?”

Last month Stoker and I took a 5 day trip to Death Valley, with overnight stops in Ridgecrest and Lemoore. On what I used to refer to as an ‘Old People’s Bus Trip’. But now we are old people, and it is nice to have all the accommodations arranged and the itinerary decided in advance.Continue reading “A Train Bound For Nowhere”

Readers, fear not. The Rich Freggiaro Cycling Blog isn’t going anywhere. There is plenty of lunacy around for material. But today’s blog is not about lunacy. It’s a love story, expressed as shared experiences and effort getting ourselves from Point A to Point B using our own power. And creating some of the best memoriesContinue reading “Time to Say Goodbye…”

Some people might consider me a foaming at the mouth MAGA sycophant eager to worship the ground 45-47 walks on. They would be wrong, at least when it comes to tariffs. I was in the process of writing a blog featuring the greatest hits of Adam Smith and David Riccardo. I was going to extollContinue reading “Get Your Guac On”

Facebook used to be a place where it was pretty easy to get censored or banned. If you opined that the Hunter Biden laptop was real, and not some deep fake Russian disinformation creation, you could expect that post to go away, and receive a quasi threatening note. Or if you ridiculed the Covid batContinue reading “Meta Morphosis”