Mark Slavonia
Mark Slavonia is an investor, a pilot, and an avid cyclist. He has contributed articles on a range of topics including radio altimeters, rowing machines, traveler's checks, and more. Besides his contributions, he shares interesting content on his website and Twitter.
Recommendations
A durable and widely-used indoor rowing machine made by a family-owned company in Vermont. Known for its quality, reliability, and standardization, it remains popular among serious rowers and fitness enthusiasts.
An excellent book about bananas.
A graft-derived fantastical fruit tree that can produce several different types of fruit.
The excellent 1976 documentary available on Youtube, featuring a famous scene of the riders in the Roubaix showers.
Editions
On fun, danger, and 1970s model airplanes.
On boats, planks, marathons and plagues.
On calibration, and mechanical clocks, and slightly showing off.
On playing God, views from above, and clusters.
On endless loops, historical oddities, and prayer beads.
On Hyperion, William Ferguson, and the Nooksack Giant
On racing, teamwork, and social media backlash.
On Larkspur, Equator, and Devil's Teeth
On durability, family owned businesses, and fitness
On fun, danger, and 70s airplane toys
On navigation, beacons, and pre-GPS
On payments, innovation, and cities
On mutation, grafting, and botanical breakthroughs
On quality, fitness tech, and the best rowing machine in the world
On data, networks, and reliability
On shared codes, shorthand, and reductionism
On cycling, Marianne Vos, and grit
On broadcast, Olympics, and the thrill of victory
On home improvement, Bob Vila, and commercialization
On travel, analog relics, and business
On quality, fitness tech, and the best rowing machine in the world
On Mt Everest, cycling, and taking hill climbing to new extremes
On dance, quarantine, and the re-making of traditions