Virginia's Blue Ridge Fondo, based in Botetourt County, Va. is coming up on October 14, 2018. The event, which begins and ends at Ballast Point Brewing, offers rides of 30, 50 and 80 miles. I joined a group of friends
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 to one of the most scenic sections of the New
A rare nice day in March turned into a great day on the trail.
After a long winter, and too many mindless miles spinning on the trainer, the temperature hovered in the high 60's and it was time to ride outside.
When you're a cyclist there's this thing about always wanting the best gear. But my vision of the perfect bicycle changed a bit as I watched my fellow cyclists tackle the 400-mile Erie Canal ride a couple of months ago
The Colonial Parkway is an easy bike ride that takes you through the historic "triangle" of Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown Virginia.
Mary and I were looking for a way to enjoy a bike ride in the eastern part of Virginia, after
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
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...
Genesee Cream Ale was a staple … There’s probably no brew in the nation that’s as close to 180-degrees from craft beer as Genesee Cream Ale. When I envisioned this...
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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