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Does data from your dashboard make you a happier cyclist?

Bike Gear, Gravel rides, meanderings, Road Bike rides

The Apple Watch and other Cycling Gadgets.

Do Garmin, Strava and Apple Watches enhance your ride experience? For me, ride technology is a guilty pleasure. The Workout app on my Apple Watch. I can't start a ride without it. Thanks to my Apple Watch and other stuff,

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.

Riding Carvins Cove with a new 360 Camera

Biking4Boomers, cycling destinations, Mountain bike rides

Mountain Bike Carvins Cove

Video tours of the trails at Carvins Cove Christmas was good this year. Santa brought me an Insta 360 Camera. And I'm already putting it to use on the trails at Carvins Cove. The Cove, in Virginia's Blue Ridge, the region surrounding

cycling destinations, Road Bike rides

The Chocolate Tour in Hershey, Pa.

Cycling the Chocolate Tour Let me say up front, that I enjoyed The Chocolate Tour so much that I can't wait for the months to pass, so I can do it again. The 75 mile course takes you through some of the

cycling destinations, Road Bike rides

The Tour de Valley in Waynesboro, Va.

Corn. Hay Bales. Barns. Ahhh. The Tour de Valley It seems I never get tired of riding next to corn. Or hay bales. The Tour de Valley, which starts and ends in Waynesboro, Virginia offered plenty of both, along with barns

cycling destinations, Road Bike rides

Five Takeaways from the Covered Bridge Metric Century

As I wrote in my initial blog about the Covered Bridge Metric Century, this is really a bucket list ride. The Covered Bridge Metric Century is relatively easy. I ride in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and even our

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ABOUT ME

Who am I?

I ride mountain & road bikes near my home in Roanoke, Va. I also travel to cycling destinations, take pix and write about it.

Want to reach me?

carlinthecyclist@gmail.com

Bikes I Ride

Where I’m coming from…

by carlinsbicycleblog
June 15, 2015
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Back to riding a bike This was my initial entry in 2015. As of 2017 I’m still on the bike. In fact, I’m cycling more than ever. If you are...

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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. Please follow me on Strava.