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, Road Bike rides
The Wilderness Road Ride
The Wilderness Road Ride is a beautiful bike ride that takes you along a path first carved from the wilderness by Daniel Boone.
Cyclists ride over Claytor Lake
“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible
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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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Bike Gear, Bikes I Ride, Biking4Boomers, Mountain bike rides, Uncategorized
Boomer Ride - Upgrading a Santa Cruz Tallboy Mountain Bike.
The Tallboy is five years old -- but it's better than new.
I recently acquired a Santa Cruz Tallboy. Like any red-blooded American man the first thing I wanted to do was add some upgrades
But nothing says, "You can't get that
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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
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Bike Gear, cycling destinations, Gravel rides, Uncategorized
Cycling 60 Miles of Gorgeous Gravel
Riding the Loudoun 1725 Gravel Grinder
Gravel riding fascinates me. And doing the Louden 1725 Gravel Grinder adds a couple more layers of interest – most of it historical and equestrian.
But first, the gravel part.
Arriving at the dreaded creek crossing. Photo:
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Virginia’s Blue Ridge Fondo was a milestone for 2019. I’m writing this in late October, 2019. It hasn’t been a very good year for cycling. At least not cycling performance....
The Shimano Dura-Ace FC-9000 crank snapped off just as I stood to pedal up a small hill. I’m starting to feel like the poster boy for failed Shimano crank arms....
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...