HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA I am sore and hurting. Not from a crash but from being so out of shape for an event. Including the time I stayed in Pennsylvania after my father died, I was two weeks without a bike ride leading up to the Jeremiah Bishop Alpine Loop Gran Fondo. If that wasn’t bad enough, […]
A nifty eight covered bridges over just 43 miles in Bedford Co., Pa.
WASHINGTON, D.C. After 12 years, I can claim finish to my Pittsburgh to D.C. ride. If I want to. In 2001, Andrew and I rode out from D.C. but via the W&OD to Leesburg. We did not pick up the C&O Canal Towpath until Whites Ferry. In 2004 I rode from Pittsburgh to D.C. but […]
SHELLSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA It was a perfect day for riding – perhaps a little cool at 70 degrees and a cloud cover which would soon burn off. I parked at Shawnee State Park and thought I would ride a clockwise direction. As I exited the park I decided I would ride counter-clockwise, mainly to see most […]
TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Our riding group from Spokes of Hope met at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center for what has become our annual ride in the valley. I joined Ken and Cindi Hart, Jay Bodkin, Kathy Robinson, Andrew Werner, and Branan Cooper (but Branan could ride only for a short bit). Cindi asked us to gather […]
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 […]
In a ride out of Bedford, Pa., a young couple stripped down naked and jumped into a lake right in front of this surprised cyclist.
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 […]
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