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I have a small RV and big dreams. Minnie Winnie Dreams. I have this dream and I don’t know how to make it happen. It’s all mapped out in my...
I never paid much attention to the practice of riding one's birthday. And then I turned 60....
The Burlington Bikeway and Colchester Causeway combine for one of the best flat bike rides anywhere....
The Delaware and Hudson Rail Trail is an excellent get-away that meanders along the boundary between Vermont and New York....
A week after the Governor shut down Virginia, we were still figuring out how to live our lives. For cyclists, the answer was to ride. Foster Falls offers a start...
This southern section of the Towpath is not as pretty as some… but it sure is interesting. We were away from interstate traffic then. A relief. About two miles of...
My wife's Peloton turned out to be better than I ever thought.
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Every once in awhile the bicycle gods smile down upon you. You don’t get these bicycle days very often. A friend of mine loves to point out that there is...
It was fall of last year that I bought my gravel bike — but I have yet to tackle a true gravel road. I had been pining for a gravel...
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....
The Virginia's Blue Ridge Gran Fondo 2019 is coming up on October 13. It offers rides of 30, 50 or 80 miles through gorgeous countryside....
The Shimano Dura-Ace FC-9000 crank snapped off just as I stood to pedal up a small hill. I’m starting to feel like the poster boy for failed Shimano crank arms....
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John Carlin
I ride mountain, road and gravel bikes in the rugged country surrounding my home in Roanoke, Va. Photography, video editing, writing, and social media are sources of enjoyment for me, so this blog is really a guilty pleasure. According to Strava (and most group rides!) I'm an intermediate cyclist. My bikes include a 1996 Waterford steel road bike. Off road, it's a Cannondale Trigger 3. My Gravel bike is a Fuji Jari. Like most of you, I'm always dreaming about the next bike to join the stable. So many bikes, so little time.
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