Who drives more than 8 hours, does a 100-mile bike ride, then drives another 8 hours home? Well, here’s the thing...

Last winter, when I was spending a lot of time on the indoor trainer and Zwift, much of it was riding with an organized club called “The Herd”. Because we use Discord for voice chat, over time you get to know people and form ( Read more... )

There’s a few reasons why spring can be difficult for bikers.

I suppose the easiest to understand is the gravel. Living in New England, the road crews sand the public ways often. So in April we reap the harvest of gravel that has accumulated over the preceding five months. Gravel is dangerous because it’s easy to lose traction and skid or fall, ( Read more... )

So as I was saying, after a very short acceptance test ride, I bought my new bike last Monday.

Of course, it rained Tuesday. And Wednesday. And Thursday and Friday and Saturday, too. But finally it cleared up last night, and stayed clear for half the day today, which was enough to get a 61-mile shakedown cruise in with the Quad Cycles folks.

Mind ( Read more... )

Follow this link for my full 2005 Pan-Mass Challenge ride report, including writeup and photos.

The weather only let me ride two days this week, but both days were biggies: rode 24 miles up and around the Middlesex Fells, and the next day rode 51 miles out the Minuteman trail to Bedford, then Carlisle, then Walden Pond, and the Decordova Museum before returning home. Set a new all-time speed record (36.1 mph) and the next-to-highest average ( Read more... )