AVON, COLORADO DAY 4 – RIDE THE ROCKIES STEAMBOAT SPRINGS TO AVON Leaving Steamboat Springs It was a bit chilly as I rolled out of Steamboat Springs. Then again, these are the mountains and the mornings are cool. I found the bike path and took it to the route. Once one the road, the […]
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO DAY 2 – RIDE THE ROCKIES There is no entry for Day 1 because for this traveler it was a day spent flying between D.C. and Denver, then renting a car and driving in snow (yes) over to Winter Park. Bike path in Winter Park There was a Day 1 for most […]
LIGONIER, PENNSYLVANIA I suggested to (encouraged, begged) Team Portland that the best cycling route from Bedford to Ligonier would be US 30. That route is less than 48 miles with 5,000′ of climb. I was eating breakfast with my parents when Aaron Hoxworth texted me and told me they were already wheels down and headed […]
BREEZEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA I told the 4K for Cancer Team Portland team that I would probably meet them on the abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike. I think I told them that. I drove to Bedford then biked on US 30 to Breezewood. I did this, in part, to see if it was scarier than hell. It wasn’t although […]
HANCOCK, MARYLAND My planning was off this weekend. Yesterday I was planning a road ride and ended up on the trail – without my mountain bike. Today I planned to ride near Altoona but it was, well, cold. I mean late-winter type cold, low 40s around 10:00 a.m. I did not bring cold weather riding […]
EBENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA I love riding on the road. Occasionally I enjoy rail trails but especially if they are developed, i.e., paved. Nicole Sokira Today I went to the Ghost Town Trail where I met my 4th cousin, Nicole Sokira. The GTT is a crushed limestone trail. I wasn’t prepared for riding on this trail – […]
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA I saw a post on Saturday on my friend, Brad Hancock’s, Ocean to Bay 100k ride which asked “what was your speed?” Too many times cyclists, especially road cyclists, measure rides in terms of speed. Unfortunately, I read years ago on RoadBikeRider.com the then author stating that “no ride that doesn’t average at […]
ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA If January was cold (it was) and February was worse (it was), March has been brutal. I rode few miles outside on the bike because weekly there seemed to be a new snow storm. Today I drove to see my nephew, Parker Sherry, play in the Pennsylvania High School hockey championship at Penn […]
BRENTSVILLE, VIRGINIA The temperature was forecast to reach almost 60 degrees — before a massive winter storm was to arrive around 4:00 p.m. I wasn’t looking for a long ride but checked the Potomac Pedalers’ website and found one at Brentsville that left at 11:00 a.m. The time was 10:40 a.m. I grabbed my stuff […]
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA I’m not sure what the final numbers will show but this was probably the coldest January in 20 years. It was not a good month for riding. In the middle of the month it warmed to about 40 degrees (5 C). I went “exploring” in Alexandria. The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge has a […]
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