Rows of Corn, Rows of Bikes
Rob Leonard is the organizer of Roll Over Cancer
I had forgotten how amazing Franklin County’s (Virginia) roads are for cycling, but the second annual Roll Over Cancer ride offered a great
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 already pushing toward 60. Not a bad day for the Sunday
My friend Gary and I tried to hang with my sons and their friends. Bad idea.
In my newest Biking4Boomers video I go mountain biking with my fellow boomer Gary as we try to keep up with my two oldest
When you're a cyclist there's this thing about always wanting the best gear. But my vision of the perfect bicycle changed a bit as I watched my fellow cyclists tackle the 400-mile Erie Canal ride a couple of months ago
The Star City Medio Fondo
What’s 7,000 feet of climbing among friends? As it turns out, too much for my legs.
“You know a ‘fondo’ is a race, right?” my wife Mary reminded me as we considered signing up for the inaugural
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
After the World Hunger Ride The Hunger Ride more than generated an excuse for a cold beer. The World Hunger Ride from Antioch Church of the Brethren predates the craft...
The World Hunger Ride 50-miler 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 had recently...
Earning my beer: The trek up Thunder Ridge is sort of personal. As I wrote in a previous blog, the 12-mile climb up the mountain on the Blue Ridge Parkway...
The Farm to Fork Fondo Shenandoah, a great ride through the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, with just the right amount of sustainability, fun and history. Add in an unusual evening...
Staying in the Lap of Luxury – The Greenbrier Greenbrier River Trail Caldwell to Anthony If you really want a first class rails to trails experience, then do it...
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.
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