HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA Since its inception, the Jeremiah Bishop Alpine Gran Fondo has been a staple of my cycling season. The reason is because it supports fighting prostate cancer. Since being introduced by my late friend, Scott Scudamore, I have also become friends with Jeremiah and Erin Bishop, plus Robert Hess of the Prostate Cancer Awareness […]
TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Having celebrated beating cancer with some kids last night at the Velodrome, this day was reserved for a fellowship ride. Mileage goals aren’t usually that important to me but they do provide an incentive at times. A few days ago I wasn’t sure I would ride 1,000 miles in August then, all of […]
TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA This place is cool. This place is fun. For the third straight year I joined Spokes of Hope (their sixth straight year) in Trexlertown. The core of the group traveled to T-Town from Indianapolis. The rest of us just sort of filtered in from elsewhere. Cindi Hart said there would be a clinic […]
JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA This is about the shortest ride I will write about – the only one shorter would be the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hill Climb. Why this? Because it was fun. In shorter order I drove to Ohio and rode on Friday. I went on to Indianapolis the rode with the Spokes of […]
ZIONSVILLE, INDIANA It was the annual Spokes of Hope ride. Without a word or hint to the organizer and with a very late registration, I caught the organizer, Cindi Hart, off guard when I walked up to registration. Hugs ensued. I was given a special placard as “Cancer Veteran” and we veterans lined up 50 […]
PIQUA, OHIO Traveling from Somerset to Indianapolis, I looked for a location where I could stop and ride. But this was more than a place to ride. Fifty years ago I lived out here and I thought it would be fun to go back and see where I used to live. I looked for trails […]
SOUTH BETHANY, DELAWARE Rather than one ride, this does not lend itself so well to one post. Instead, we get one post for a week of rides. We arrived at South Bethany, Delaware, to stay in the home of Pete and Lisa Schmidt. They had donated a week of their beautiful home to CureFest and […]
CLAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA Exploring. I enjoy riding new roads and sometimes just will map out a new ride and go exploring. Starting in Sproul, Pa., which I guess is a suburb of Claysburg (this is humor, folks), I mapped out a route over Blue Knob, down to Newry, then over Locke Mountain, through Martinsburg, then back […]
PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA Andrew’s car was in the shop and wanted to borrow mine to go to Purcellville. I told him I’d drive him there with a bike and he could choose to bike or drive home. He chose poorly. What a beautiful summer day. I took the W&OD, a route I am well familiar with. […]
ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA It was June, 2008, when I first rode “The Wall” in Altoona. I knew it was special then and in 2009, it became my “escape from cancer” place to ride. I have ridden it in spring, summer, and winter – but not fall. Interesting. We had been planning for Jacob’s Hero Ride, a […]
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