Last Saturday’s 300 km bike ride went about as well as could be on a cold March day that gave us riders about eight hours of stiff headwinds. We also got about 4 hours of tailwinds for the later part of the ride, which is about the best case wind scenario one can hope for.Continue reading “TSS 644 Is No Joke”
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An Unexpected Challenge
From my early twenties until now, I have always dealt with stomach pain. Only people really close to me had an idea that my stomach often hurt. Over the course of the last thirty something years, I had described the pain to doctors, but neither they nor I took it very seriously. The pain wasContinue reading “An Unexpected Challenge”
8th Annual Richmond Bike Month Treasure Hunt
(2024 winners) When: May 3rd, 2025 Location: 17th St Farmer’s Market Start time: 1 pm Close time: 4 pm (or whenever the last team arrives) One of Richmond’s favorite bike month activities is back! Assemble your treasure hunting crew; be the fastest team to solve the clues, and win a cake! This year’s theme isContinue reading “8th Annual Richmond Bike Month Treasure Hunt”
Coffeeneuring 2023
Yesterday I finished the 2023 Coffeeneuring Challenge. As far as challenges go, this one is physically and intellectually less demanding than what I usually undertake, and that is one of the things I like about it. It is like the perfect wind down leading to the holiday season. The challenge itself, ride a minimum ofContinue reading “Coffeeneuring 2023”
Making a Permanent
Mark pulled up to my garage at 6:13 am and two minutes later we set off to ride a three hundred kilometer route that I hoped to become a RUSA Permanent. Eleven months earlier the two of us rode a similar route, but due to road closures and course-plotting errors, that route was not appropriateContinue reading “Making a Permanent”
Fearing Foolishness
Three years ago a friend invited me to join a cycling team. This friend is a professional pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and safety advocate, and at the time, he was a committed amateur bike racer. He wanted to create a cycling team that was less flash and testosterone and bravado and more community-minded and inclusiveContinue reading “Fearing Foolishness”
It’s Supposed To Be Fun
Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) is one of the oldest continuously-held cycling events in the world. The first occurrence was in 1881, and the ride has been held every four years (with some interruptions due to war) since then. With a distance of over 1200 kilometers that must be covered in 90 hours or less, the ride isContinue reading “It’s Supposed To Be Fun”
I Like Bikes
“I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike, and asked God for forgiveness.” Emo Philips
Two Wheels Good 