DAYTON, OHIO I was excited about riding the Great Miami River Trail in the Dayton area. I wanted to ride next to the river and find the Wright Cycle Co., the historical museum site for the Wright Brothers. I also wanted to visit the Dayton National Cemetery. I have two distant relatives buried there and […]
LOVELAND, OHIO The weather here, and in most of the East, has been bad. It rained all day yesterday and initially was forecast to rain all day today. But at 8:00 when it was still dry I called my friend, Bob Berberich, and told him if we met by 9:00 we could get in two […]
EAST FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA Seven years ago, almost to the day, I parked in East Freedom and rode up Blue Knob for the first time. Today’s circumstance would be different. I was traveling to visit my father in the hospital in Johnstown and I thought this would be a nice way to honor him. Needing gas, […]
PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA Yesterday I had 34-mile ride to Leesburg and back (from Reston). On the way back I passed a guy pushing a Burley trailer. As I passed him I decided I would turn around and talk with him. He looked like he had a story. And he did. Brett Bramble is walking across America […]
DOSWELL, VIRGINIA I am a fan. I wish Richmond was a little bit closer but I made my fourth trip in four days. The Men’s Individual Time Trial started inside Kings Dominion. I could drive close to Richmond without worrying about parking downtown. I pulled up and was directed to staff parking (free) because I […]
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Last year I saw an opportunity to be a course marshal in Richmond for this year’s world championships by volunteering for the Collegiate National Championships in 2014. I should have but had some time conflicts. The hook was volunteer then and get guaranteed spots in Richmond. I took my chance. And I sort […]
JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA Overcast and gray, I headed down near Williamsburg to ride on the Virginia Capital Trail. As an added bonus, the French family I met last week had told me they would be riding from Richmond to Toano. I figured they would be on this trail. Two years ago I rode basically […]
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 […]
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