cycling destinations
All American Bike Ride: Wintergreen 4th of July
Wintergreen 4th of July
What better way to spend the Fourth of July than suffering with friends, eating red, white and blue popcorn and gourmet hot dogs?
Happy cyclists at Raven's Roost overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
Farm to Fork Fondo Hudson Valley
Farm 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
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cycling destinations, Cycling with Sarcoidosis, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized
One Month, Two Centuries
Punching back at Sarcoidosis with two century rides
In May, I attempted to ride two 100 mile or century rides.
I've been blogging about riding with sarcoidosis, an auto-immune disease that lodged itself on my spinal cord a few years ago.
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
The Chocolate Tour in Hershey, Pa.
Cycling the Chocolate Tour
Let me say up front, that I enjoyed The Chocolate Tour so much that I can't wait for the months to pass, so I can do it again.
The 75 mile course takes you through some of the
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cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Rail trails, Uncategorized
Fun on Flat Ground. Cycling the Burlington Bikeway.
You ride a paved path from downtown Burlington, Vt to a gravel trail that takes you out the Colchester Causeway into the middle of Lake Champlain.
If you look at the map of your ride on the Burlington Bikeway and Colchester
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Bike Gear, Gravel rides, meanderings, Road Bike rides
The Apple Watch and other Cycling Gadgets.
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,
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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...