Gravel Camp - How to properly bike the road less traveled.Bike Gear, cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
In the Summer of 2023, Cardinal Bicycle of Roanoke invites you to learn how to enjoy the real backroads.
Gravel Camp is a fun way to think of a series of four rides offered in the summer of 2023 in Virginia's Continue ReadingRemembering Paul Sherwencycling destinations, meanderings, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling Paul Sherwen joined me for broadcasts of the Tour DuPont.
Paul Sherwen - "The soundtrack of a generation"
The voice of Paul Sherwen, the late cycling broadcaster has been repeatedly called the "soundtrack" for a generation of cycling Continue ReadingFarm to Fork Fondo Hudson Valleycycling destinations, Road Bike ridesFarm to Fork Fondo is an amazing series of bike rides that include cycling events throughout the warmer months. Bike rides are offered in places like Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, the Berkshires and the beautiful ride we did in New York's Continue ReadingVanquishing Thunder Ridgecycling destinations, Cycling with Sarcoidosis, Road Bike ridesIt's been a almost year since what was probably the worst ride of my life. Oh sure, there are those hard rides you later think of as epic, but this wasn't one of those. In fact, I didn't know this Continue ReadingThe Apple Watch and other Cycling Gadgets.Bike Gear, Gravel rides, meanderings, Road Bike rides
Do Garmin, Strava and Apple Watches enhance your ride experience?
For me, ride technology is a guilty pleasure.
The Workout app on my Apple Watch. I can't start a ride without it.
Thanks to my Apple Watch and other stuff, Continue ReadingBiking Burke's Garden - Galloping Horses and Fried Apple Piescycling destinations, Road Bike ridesThe annual Burke's Garden Century and Metric Century are a tradition in Virginia's New River Valley. I rode in the event for the first time this year, and though I was tempted to do the full 100 miles, I wasn't Continue Reading
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...