cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
The Wilderness Road Ride
The Wilderness Road Ride is a beautiful bike ride that takes you along a path first carved from the wilderness by Daniel Boone.
Cyclists ride over Claytor Lake
“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible
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cycling destinations, Cycling with Sarcoidosis, Road Bike rides
Sarcoidosis Breakthrough A Ride with a Happy Ending
Virginia's Blue Ridge Fondo was a milestone for 2019.
I'm writing this in late October, 2019. It hasn't been a very good year for cycling.
At least not cycling performance.
In my mind, cycling performance is an indication of fitness,
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Road Bike rides
Small Crash, Big Effect. Has this ever happened to you?
My elbow after the crash. I thought this was the worst damage,
Small Crash Big Effect
I had gone around the curve at least a hundred times. It's the best part of my regular evening ride - a
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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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Beers I have ridden, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized
Beers I have Ridden: Beale's Red IPA
The bar at Beale's gives you a sense that these people are serious about the establishment. On our stop, I chose the Beale's Red.
Mary arrives atop Thunder Ridge. For pokey riders like
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cycling destinations, Cycling with Sarcoidosis, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
Riding My 60th Birthday. Drama or just another bike ride?
It's no century - but for me, it's a big deal.
I hadn't paid much attention to the relatively common practice of riding one's birthday. For whatever reason, it never appealed to me. I was always in the camp
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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...