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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...
A great bicycle weekend with history, alpacas and a renewed steel bike. As you ride toward Jamestown the trail takes on different character. The last time we rode the Capital...
Paul Sherwen – “The soundtrack of a generation” The voice of Paul Sherwen, the late cycling broadcaster has been repeatedly called the “soundtrack” for a generation of cycling fans. He...
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...
Virginia’s Blue Ridge Gran Fondo “Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” — Benjamin Franklin I must admit I was surprised that anybody was in the...
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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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