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Riding Carvins Cove with a new 360 Camera

Biking4Boomers, cycling destinations, Mountain bike rides

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

Mary Carlin and Barbara Butcher after completing the Devils Backbone ride.

cycling destinations, Road Bike rides

Devils Backbone Metric Century Road Ride and Ramble

Devils Backbone Road Metric Road Ride and Ramble An uphill pass while riding on the Blue Ridge Parkway during the Devils Backbone metric century. Let's get something out of the way. There are two climbs on this ride

cycling destinations, Road Bike rides

The Covered Bridge Metric Century

The Covered Bridge Metric Century By the time it started raining, I didn't care anymore. Nothing was going to ruin this day. We had biked through five or six covered bridges, the Amish farms were spectacular and the Amish themselves were

cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Mountain bike rides

Greenbrier River Trail

Steam Trains, beautiful scenery and a long tunnel are all part of a bike ride on the Greenbrier River Trail. After a summer of road biking and some recent issues with a hilly 66 mile ride, a rails to trails adventure

cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Mountain bike rides

Two Days on the Virginia Creeper Trail

Mary approaches a trestle on the Virginia Creeper Trail a few miles outside of Abingdon. Riding the Virginia Creeper Trail - Damascus to White Top There’s not much that hasn’t already been said about the Virginia Creeper Trail.

Biking4Boomers, cycling destinations, meanderings, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling

Cycling in 2022. Some nice adds to the collection

Cycling is more than scenery and fitness. There's a genetic need to collect the rare and unusual ride. It’s the time of year when the weather drives us inside, and rides are fewer than we would like. So it’s time

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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

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Where I’m coming from…

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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.