cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
L'Eroica Roanoke The Valley's Friendly Ride
This weekly ride has something for everyone -- but the emphasis is on "Friendly."
Roanoke's Tuesday night ride had become a bit of a problem. According to many people, over the years it had become a victim of it's own success.
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
Devils Backbone Metric Century Road Ride and Ramble
Devils Backbone Road Metric Road Ride and Ramble
An uphill pass while riding on the Blue Ridge Parkway during the Devils Backbone metric century.
Let's get something out of the way. There are two climbs on this ride
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Bikes I Ride, cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
The Spring Summits Are Back
Once again spring has come and with it the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club’s Spring Summits Challenge.
The Club designates ten climbs in the Roanoke area and gives riders the entire season to complete them. So we have from March 20 to
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cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Mountain bike rides
Two Days on the Virginia Creeper Trail
Mary approaches a trestle on the Virginia Creeper Trail a few miles outside of Abingdon.
Riding the Virginia Creeper Trail - Damascus to White Top
There’s not much that hasn’t already been said about the Virginia Creeper Trail.
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Cycling with Sarcoidosis, meanderings, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
Taking a mulligan on my cycling streak. Anguish over my own rule.
I try to ride 100 miles a month through thick and thin. But life got very thick in November. Is the streak over?
Mary and her friend Karen ride in Zion National Park in September of 2021.
I was finishing
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
The Mountains Were Calling... and So I Went.
An Adventure in Glacier National Park
The Backroads van picking us up in Whitefish, Montana.
Glacier National Park (Carlinthecyclist.com) Since I live in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, John Muir’s famous line, “The mountains are calling and I
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I betrayed my love, and now I’m left to suffer. The plastic ball full of whiffle holes bounced lightly in front of me. It wouldn’t hop more than a foot...
A sarcoidosis perspective on cycling My cycling has come a long way since I began lamenting the difficulties of riding while dealing with sarcoidosis and the multiple medications to keep...
Sometimes it just takes a little luck and a good guide. As we drove to the ride start of our gravel ride, my buddy Gary’s wife Barbara called. Thanks to...