Horseshoe Curve – The First Time

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ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA I was up early at my parent’s house in Friedens and decided to ride some more in the mountains. I drove to Jennerstown and parked on Main Street. I rode the mile or so out of town then the steep descent on U.S. Rte 30. After a quarter-mile drop, one is at the […]


Biking Around the Tour

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While I was a marshal at the Tour of Pennsylvania in Bedford and Ligonier, I was able to slip away and go riding in the Laurel Mountains and Altoona.


Tour of Pennsylvania – II

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Stage 5 of the 2008 Tour of Pennsylvania. I volunteered to be a marshal and after meeting in Ligonier, rode my bike out to Stahlstown.


Tour of Pennsylvania

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I volunteered to work the Tour of Pennsylvania as a course marshal


Red Rock Canyon

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A description of a short trip from Las Vegas out to Red Rock Canyon (no photos)


River Ride

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River Ride. A flat and windy century ride out of Kilmarnock, Va.


NOT MY Cousin Floyd

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My initial defense of Floyd Landis. Was I a fool.


Getting Buzzed and It’s Not a Good Thing

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I confronted a driver who cut me off. Probably stupid.


Charles Town WV

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A ride from Woodbridge to Charles Town


Blue Ridge Extreme Challenge

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AFTON, VIRGINIA So why build up to a big event? The first-ever mountain hill climb race I ever entered was the granddaddy of them all — Newton’s Revenge up the Mount Washington Auto Road in New Hampshire. Then when it was canceled I rode up Mount Evans in Colorado, the highest paved road in the […]