Road Bike rides
Cranksgiving in Roanoke
It's hard to ride very far in November in Roanoke. It's just too cold. Sure you get the odd day when it's not -- and we all take advantage of those rare opportunities, but you just don't get the urge
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cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Mountain bike rides
High Bridge Trail State Park
Riding the High Bridge Trail State Park
Sleep in a tipi, zip line through the woods, stop at a brewery and ride the beautiful, historic High Bridge Trail.
The starting point On the High Bridge Trail State Park
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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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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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Biking4Boomers, cycling destinations, Mountain bike rides
Mountain Bike Carvins Cove
Video tours of the trails at Carvins Cove
Christmas was good this year.
Santa brought me an Insta 360 Camera. And I'm already putting it to use on the trails at Carvins Cove.
The Cove, in Virginia's Blue Ridge, the region surrounding
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
The Blue Ridge Fondo 30-mile course
The Blue Ridge Fondo 30-Mile Course
As we prepared to ride the Virginia's Blue Ridge Fondo 30-mile course, the sun was out and even at 11 a.m. the temperature was already pushing toward 60. Not a bad day for the Sunday
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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...