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Brews and bikes Not sure why brews and bikes go together so well, but it’s a thing. That was true for the Creeper Trail Amber I tried in honor of...
Riding the Virginia Creeper Trail – Damascus to White Top There’s not much that hasn’t already been said about the Virginia Creeper Trail. From being a part of the Rails...
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...
It’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...
Mountain Biking in Winter Mountain biking in winter is not the same as other seasons. In some ways it’s better. As the wheel of my 29er dipped into the squish...
Sometimes Beer and Bikes go together very well Bath County, Va. (CarlinTheCyclist.com) — Through some stroke of luck I have landed on the list of media people who occasionally receive...
Cycling with Sarcoidosis, and the drugs to treat it can be challenging. Here is the story of my first year riding with this condition. Looking back on 2016, I should...
BEND ORE. (CarlinTheCyclist.com) Usually the ride is about the ride and the beer is just a chaser, just a part of the day, the experience, the journey. But when you...
Steam Trains, beautiful scenery and a long tunnel are all part of a ride on the Greenbrier River Trail. We took a great ride through a long and scary...
Riding in Bend When you live in the east, you pretty much only dream about riding in the west. Oh, sure we have awesome mountain biking here — some of...
The Star City Medio Fondo What’s 7,000 feet of climbing among friends? As it turns out, too much for my legs. “You know a ‘fondo’ is a race, right?” my...
I ride the same 20-mile loop on my dinner hour 2-3 times a week during warmer weather. This night almost ended in tragedy when my Shimano Ultegra crank simply snapped...
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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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