cycling destinations, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
Virginia's Blue Ridge Gran Fondo
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 parking lot of Ballast Point Brewing, the start and finish location for
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cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Mountain bike rides
High Bridge Trail State Park
Riding the High Bridge Trail State Park
Sleep in a tipi, zip line through the woods, stop at a brewery and ride the beautiful, historic High Bridge Trail.
The starting point On the High Bridge Trail State Park
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
The Blue Ridge Fondo 30-mile course
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 already pushing toward 60. Not a bad day for the Sunday
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
Biking Burke's Garden - Galloping Horses and Fried Apple Pies
The annual Burke's Garden Century and Metric Century are a tradition in Virginia's New River Valley. I rode in the event for the first time this year, and though I was tempted to do the full 100 miles, I wasn't
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cycling destinations, Cycling with Sarcoidosis, Road Bike rides
Vanquishing Thunder Ridge
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 wasn't one of those. In fact, I didn't know this
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cycling destinations, meanderings, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
Remembering Paul Sherwen
Paul Sherwen joined me for broadcasts of the Tour DuPont.
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
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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...