Biking4Boomers, cycling destinations, Cycling with Sarcoidosis, Road Bike rides, Uncategorized
Cobbles, windmills, tulips and and a bit of royalty.
Cycling in Belgium and the Netherlands
Bumping over the cobbled streets of Belgium.
"Check it out. The flag is flying over the palace. That means the king is there," one of our cycling guides from Trek Travel said as we rode up
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cycling destinations, Road Bike rides, Virginia's Blue Ridge Cycling
Cycling Twin Peaks - Cahas and Bent Mountains
If there is already another popular loop in the Roanoke area called Twin Peaks, tell me now -- but this seems like the perfect name for this amazing loop.
Riding on Wade's Gap Road
I know my friends
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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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Road Bike rides, Uncategorized
Virginia's Blue Ridge Fondo is coming!
Virginia's Blue Ridge Fondo, based in Botetourt County, Va. is coming up on October 14, 2018. The event, which begins and ends at Ballast Point Brewing, offers rides of 30, 50 and 80 miles. I joined a group of friends
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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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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
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A rare nice day in March turned into a great day on the trail. After a long winter, and too many mindless miles spinning on the trainer, the temperature hovered...
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 fans. He...
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...