cycling destinations, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized
Capital Trail: Mile Marker 36 to Charles City Courthouse
A great bicycle weekend with history, alpacas and a renewed steel bike.
As you ride toward Jamestown the trail takes on different character.
The last time we rode the Capital Trail it was a chance to break in Mary's brand new gravel
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides
Cycling Paint Bank - Buffalo and a Flat Ride Through the Mountains.
It's not easy to get to Paint Bank, Virginia. In fact, you pretty much have to be headed there if you want to be there, but it's worth a purposeful trip if you enjoy good food, and a beautiful, flat
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Biking4Boomers, cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
Harvest Tour Preview - A new bike ride in Virginia's Blue Ridge.
The Harvest Tour is a new way to celebrate early autumn from the seat of your bike -- with some interesting stops along the route.
Jeremiah Crawford works at the Old Hollow Farms booth at the Botetourt Farmer's Market in Daleville.
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cycling destinations, Cycling with Sarcoidosis, Road Bike rides, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
Virginia's Blue Ridge Gran Fondo is Coming Up!
Riders in the Blue Ridge Gran Fondo will enjoy cycling through beautiful Botetourt County.
A cool commemorative "medal" for finishers of the Blue Ridge Gran Fondo.
Virginia's Blue Ridge Gran Fondo, presented by Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge, is coming up on October
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized
World Hunger Ride - Franklin County, Va.
The World Hunger Ride 50-miler
Departing for the World Hunger Ride from the Antioch Church
Sometime in the early or Mid-1990's, I decided I wanted to try riding a century. I had been mountain biking a lot and
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Mountain bike rides
Mountain Biking the Winter Woods
The winter woods at Carvins Cove have an allure all their own.
Mountain Biking in Winter
Mountain biking in winter is not the same as other seasons. In some ways it's better.
As the wheel of my 29er dipped
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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...
This southern section of the Towpath is not as pretty as some… but it sure is interesting. We were away from interstate traffic then. A relief. About two miles of...
Every once in awhile the bicycle gods smile down upon you. You don’t get these bicycle days very often. A friend of mine loves to point out that there is...