cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
Of Bikes and a Steam Locomotive
If you are a cyclist who loves your data – your average speed, total feet of climbing, monthly mileage, rank on Strava etc., you know it can be hard to look up from the computer on your handlebars and enjoy
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Biking4Boomers, cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
A new gravel riding excursion
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 the car’s Bluetooth we were all talking to one another. That’s
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Cycling with Sarcoidosis, meanderings, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
Taking a mulligan on my cycling streak. Anguish over my own rule.
I try to ride 100 miles a month through thick and thin. But life got very thick in November. Is the streak over?
Mary and her friend Karen ride in Zion National Park in September of 2021.
I was finishing
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
L'Eroica Roanoke The Valley's Friendly Ride
This weekly ride has something for everyone -- but the emphasis is on "Friendly."
Roanoke's Tuesday night ride had become a bit of a problem. According to many people, over the years it had become a victim of it's own success.
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cycling destinations, Cycling with Sarcoidosis, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized
One Month, Two Centuries
Punching back at Sarcoidosis with two century rides
In May, I attempted to ride two 100 mile or century rides.
I've been blogging about riding with sarcoidosis, an auto-immune disease that lodged itself on my spinal cord a few years ago.
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cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Road Bike rides
Capital Trail: Richmond to Fork on 5 Restaurant
Was a ride on the Capital Trail such a good idea?
As I pulled the bike jersey off the rack in my closet, the coat hanger popped out and landed on the floor. For a moment, I thought
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The Wilderness Road Ride is a beautiful bike ride that takes you along a path first carved from the wilderness by Daniel Boone. “Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it...
If you are a cyclist who loves your data – your average speed, total feet of climbing, monthly mileage, rank on Strava etc., you know it can be hard to...
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...