TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA I think this was the eighth straight year for Spokes of Hope. It was my fifth straight year attending. The last night of racing for the season at Valley Preferred Cycling Center, Spokes of Hope was invited to “take a lap against cancer.” We met at 4:00 p.m. and got to ride on […]
SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA Seven years ago I started attending reunions regularly with my parents in part so I could ride from Somerset to Punxsutawney and have a ride back. A normal ride would be 80 miles. Except I previously left from Friedens which is north of Somerset. Today I would leave from Somerset. The weather forecast […]
RESTON, VIRGINIA The White’s Ferry is a classic loop ride in the D.C. area. At least I’m calling it a classic. It was a beautiful morning and I was “wheels down” before 7:30 a.m. in Reston. I took the W&OD trail to the Custis Trail and stopped at the Marriott Key Bridge in Rosslyn. I […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA I enjoyed the MS-150 route so much I decided I would do much of it in a one day ride. Rather than go south down around Locke Mountain to Roaring Spring, I would head up and over Locke Mountain. It would add a hard climb and save some miles. I met Rocky Sprow […]
HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA This was a two-day event held July 23-24. The route was from Hollidaysburg to Penn State University as the official meeting site was the Penn Stater Hotel. We rolled out at 7:00 a.m. in waves. I was in the third wave. The first mile or two was sorting out faster from slower riders […]
MARKLETON, PENNSYLVANIA I was here in October for what would be my last ride with my dad. However, on that day we rode from the Markleton to Harnedstown trail heads, not quite making it to Confluence or Ohiopyle. Today would be a solo effort to Ohiopyle. I put on some arm warmers for what looked […]
CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND Fifteen years ago I was all about riding these great rail trails. They are still fun, for a change, but not generally my preferred riding. The last time I was here with a bike the trail wasn’t open from Cumberland to Frostburg. Andrew and I took the train, the Western Maryland Scenic Railway, […]
A windy 50-mile ride on Trail Ridge Road from Grand Lake to Estes, Co.
LEESBURG, VIRGINIA My grandsons haven’t been riding bikes long. So my daughter, Bethany, sort of freaked out when I told her I would take them on a 4-mile ride on the W&OD Trail. “They’ve never been out of the Cul de Sac” she said. I tried the calming response. “They would be with me.” Didn’t […]
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO I left this morning for Pennsylvania with another bad weather forecast but surprisingly, as I passed Springfield, it was dry but mostly sunny. The weather forecast was showing a couple of hours with only a 15% chance of rain. I parked at Beatty Station just south of I-70 in Springfield. It was 9:00. […]
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