To be a cyclist is to be a student of pain. Sure the sport is fun with its seamless pacelines and secret singletrack, its post-ride pig-outs and soft muscles grown wonderfully hard. But at cycling's core lies pain, hard and bitter as the pit inside a juicy peach. It doesn't matter if you're sprinting for an Olympic gold medal, a town sign, a trailhead, or the rest stop with homemade brownies. If you never confront pain, you're missing the essence of the sport. --Scott Martin When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. --H.G. Wells A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. --Oliver Wendell Holmes "I don't want to win unless I know I've done my best, and the only way I know how to do that is to run out front, flat out until I have nothing left. Winning any other way is chicken-shit. " ---Steve Prefontaine http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Misc/ritchey/19683221_6yLQd-Ti.jpg http://tomi.smugmug.com/popular/ 2009-11-28T10:03:58Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Podium shot from Mike Boyes, The Diesel.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Big-Bear-24hr-06/1559892_kPBTS#76866165_cShbw" title="Podium shot from Mike Boyes, The Diesel."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Big-Bear-24hr-06/z91/76866165_cShbw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Podium shot from Mike Boyes, The Diesel." title="Podium shot from Mike Boyes, The Diesel." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-20T18:02:31Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Big-Bear-24hr-06/z91/76866165_cShbw-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/ColoradO-Breck-Epic-Trippin/8897156_XQhWP#590236242_yfwJv" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/ColoradO-Breck-Epic-Trippin/IMG4016/590236242_yfwJv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-13T10:42:11Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/ColoradO-Breck-Epic-Trippin/IMG4016/590236242_yfwJv-Th.jpg 2009-07-08 12:34:34 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />the rest of us.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/ColoradO-Breck-Epic-Trippin/8897156_XQhWP#590221547_EzqdD" title="the rest of us."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/ColoradO-Breck-Epic-Trippin/IMG3986/590221547_EzqdD-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="the rest of us." title="the rest of us." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-13T10:42:11Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/ColoradO-Breck-Epic-Trippin/IMG3986/590221547_EzqdD-Th.jpg 2009-07-08 10:12:36 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WRT-Oct-08/6220219_ZQ2vN#392417522_KA96F" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WRT-Oct-08/IMG1962/392417522_KA96F-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-10-12T07:37:23Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WRT-Oct-08/IMG1962/392417522_KA96F-Th.jpg 2008-10-11 15:09:41 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WRT-Oct-08/6220219_ZQ2vN#392416436_F5mTW" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WRT-Oct-08/IMG1960/392416436_F5mTW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-10-12T07:36:18Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WRT-Oct-08/IMG1960/392416436_F5mTW-Th.jpg 2008-10-11 14:51:43 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WRT-Oct-08/6220219_ZQ2vN#392382643_nA6HA" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WRT-Oct-08/IMG1858/392382643_nA6HA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-10-12T06:53:27Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WRT-Oct-08/IMG1858/392382643_nA6HA-Th.jpg 2008-10-11 07:24:11 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />PeeYay! pride.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Tahoe-100-08/5947437_QUaAN#370663136_ksYSb" title="PeeYay! pride."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Tahoe-100-08/IMG1417/370663136_ksYSb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="PeeYay! pride." title="PeeYay! pride." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-11T11:12:39Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Tahoe-100-08/IMG1417/370663136_ksYSb-Th.jpg 2008-09-08 15:39:16 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />bikes = freedom</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Tahoe-100-08/5947437_QUaAN#370654948_mGhKM" title="bikes = freedom"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Tahoe-100-08/IMG1289/370654948_mGhKM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="bikes = freedom" title="bikes = freedom" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-11T11:00:54Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Tahoe-100-08/IMG1289/370654948_mGhKM-Th.jpg 2008-09-06 12:10:24 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Cheryl.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/3649121_QeFxx#208272451_Gmpjn" title="Cheryl."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/IMG0755a/208272451_Gmpjn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Cheryl." title="Cheryl." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-06T07:35:13Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/IMG0755a/208272451_Gmpjn-Th.jpg 2007-10-14 13:45:37 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />WEEEEE!</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/3649121_QeFxx#208270073_DiXtY" title="WEEEEE!"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/IMG0737a/208270073_DiXtY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="WEEEEE!" title="WEEEEE!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-06T07:39:47Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/IMG0737a/208270073_DiXtY-Th.jpg 2007-10-14 13:37:17 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Rob, Woodrow carvin'</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/3649121_QeFxx#208261725_Lbqej" title="Rob, Woodrow carvin'"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/IMG0678a/208261725_Lbqej-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Rob, Woodrow carvin'" title="Rob, Woodrow carvin'" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-06T07:39:53Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/IMG0678a/208261725_Lbqej-Th.jpg 2007-10-14 11:57:10 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Mike Stubna</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/3649121_QeFxx#208237111_pJqLo" title="Mike Stubna"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/IMG0567a/208237111_pJqLo-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Mike Stubna" title="Mike Stubna" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-06T07:54:36Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-V-10-14-07/IMG0567a/208237111_pJqLo-Th.jpg 2007-10-14 10:16:33 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Curse-100k/3160737_RQSkQ#173724044_NJuxE" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Curse-100k/IMG1668a/173724044_NJuxE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-10T20:52:48Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Curse-100k/IMG1668a/173724044_NJuxE-Th.jpg 2007-07-14 20:00:34 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Giro-d-Ville-07/2921015_2NorJ#157466778_VhXsE" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Giro-d-Ville-07/0Giro07/157466778_VhXsE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T00:00:49Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Giro-d-Ville-07/0Giro07/157466778_VhXsE-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Heading out from Roundtop.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/WhiteGrass-Delivers-2-24-07/2514175_RFt7A#132050757_Rpt45" title="Heading out from Roundtop."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/WhiteGrass-Delivers-2-24-07/18IMG0888b/132050757_Rpt45-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Heading out from Roundtop." title="Heading out from Roundtop." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T04:09:22Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/WhiteGrass-Delivers-2-24-07/18IMG0888b/132050757_Rpt45-Th.jpg 2007-02-23 22:57:44 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Close enough.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/WhiteGrass-21007/2460842_YmkZv#129057273_rS2gC" title="Close enough."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/WhiteGrass-21007/IMG4598a/129057273_rS2gC-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Close enough." title="Close enough." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T03:58:28Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/WhiteGrass-21007/IMG4598a/129057273_rS2gC-Th.jpg 2007-02-10 13:35:17 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Seneca Rock pano.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WV-Fall-Classique-Gnarly-North/2014578_3BWSm#103139981_P8pgu" title="Seneca Rock pano."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WV-Fall-Classique-Gnarly-North/seneca-pano/103139981_P8pgu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="54" alt="Seneca Rock pano." title="Seneca Rock pano." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T21:02:21Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WV-Fall-Classique-Gnarly-North/seneca-pano/103139981_P8pgu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />High mtn farm.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WV-Fall-Classique-Gnarly-North/2014578_3BWSm#103133934_4KbXc" title="High mtn farm."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WV-Fall-Classique-Gnarly-North/IMG4169a/103133934_4KbXc-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="High mtn farm." title="High mtn farm." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T21:04:24Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/WV-Fall-Classique-Gnarly-North/IMG4169a/103133934_4KbXc-Th.jpg 2006-10-14 16:11:16 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Stubbie gettin' it done.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/Tahoe-06-Days-0-1-Travel/1273551_WwmpD#59785355_LA9j8" title="Stubbie gettin' it done."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/Tahoe-06-Days-0-1-Travel/305Picture-2016a/59785355_LA9j8-Th-1.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Stubbie gettin' it done." title="Stubbie gettin' it done." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T09:55:11Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/Tahoe-06-Days-0-1-Travel/305Picture-2016a/59785355_LA9j8-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/Enjoying-the-View-WhiteGrass/1049468_yRJC3#48732625_N9YbT" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/Enjoying-the-View-WhiteGrass/IMG2957b/48732625_N9YbT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="67" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:04:58Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/Enjoying-the-View-WhiteGrass/IMG2957b/48732625_N9YbT-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Mocha to the inside.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Michaux-in-the-Snow-12-4-05/1016203_V4qYY#47063444_HvShD" title="Mocha to the inside."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Michaux-in-the-Snow-12-4-05/IMG2904a/47063444_HvShD-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Mocha to the inside." title="Mocha to the inside." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T18:30:50Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Michaux-in-the-Snow-12-4-05/IMG2904a/47063444_HvShD-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 12:52:49 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Bender.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Michaux-in-the-Snow-12-4-05/1016203_V4qYY#47063383_Dqhwj" title="Bender."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Michaux-in-the-Snow-12-4-05/IMG2858a/47063383_Dqhwj-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Bender." title="Bender." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T18:25:19Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Michaux-in-the-Snow-12-4-05/IMG2858a/47063383_Dqhwj-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 10:34:49 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Yhes.</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/Turns-are-where-you-find-them/1015945_ha7P2#47053514_cckYK" title="Yhes."><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/Turns-are-where-you-find-them/IMG2770a/47053514_cckYK-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Yhes." title="Yhes." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T18:28:25Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/ski/Turns-are-where-you-find-them/IMG2770a/47053514_cckYK-Th.jpg 2005-12-03 09:26:29 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Nature/hike/Michaux-Rainy-Fall-Day/914754_aqE7L#41697899_VUtxJ" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Nature/hike/Michaux-Rainy-Fall-Day/IMG2553a/41697899_VUtxJ-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T02:01:55Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Nature/hike/Michaux-Rainy-Fall-Day/IMG2553a/41697899_VUtxJ-Th.jpg 2005-10-22 11:09:34 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a><br />Perry County church</p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Landscapes/South-Central-PA/328958_jnEUm#13120836_Qwfst" title="Perry County church"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Landscapes/South-Central-PA/IMG0291/13120836_Qwfst-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Perry County church" title="Perry County church" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T03:52:05Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Landscapes/South-Central-PA/IMG0291/13120836_Qwfst-Th.jpg 2004-11-06 13:51:48 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-2004/328456_Trzjs#13061362_PEJNj" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-2004/IMG0018a/13061362_PEJNj-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T04:19:57Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-2004/IMG0018a/13061362_PEJNj-Th.jpg 2004-10-17 09:18:16 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-2004/328456_Trzjs#13061360_DFV96" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-2004/IMG0017a/13061360_DFV96-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T14:43:47Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Sports/bike/Iron-Cross-2004/IMG0017a/13061360_DFV96-Th.jpg 2004-10-17 09:18:03 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Nature/hike/Tumbling-Run/326427_7DjYq#12981514_5c3Q2" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Nature/hike/Tumbling-Run/IMG0690/12981514_5c3Q2-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T03:27:09Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Nature/hike/Tumbling-Run/IMG0690/12981514_5c3Q2-Th.jpg 2004-12-04 13:58:20 <p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com">Tom Miller</a> </p><p><a href="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Nature/hike/Hemlocks/326338_PcYTV#12978603_F83bV" title="Tom Miller's photo"><img src="http://tomi.smugmug.com/Nature/hike/Hemlocks/IMG0272/12978603_F83bV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Tom Miller's photo" title="Tom Miller's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T04:02:37Z Tom Miller http://tomi.smugmug.com http://tomi.smugmug.com/Nature/hike/Hemlocks/IMG0272/12978603_F83bV-Th.jpg 2004-11-06 12:21:05