Horseshoe Curve – My Happy Place

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Horseshoe Curve is a special ride


A Birthday Bonk

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The author went for a ride but it was too hot and no water. Classic bonk.


The Real Test

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Altoona: The first real hard climb after knee replacement surgery


Swinging Bridge

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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 […]


Keystone MS-150

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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 […]


My Ride For Dad

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When I need an escape I come to the mountains


Reflections on the Year – 2015

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Reflections on the Year – 2015


The Wall

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ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA It was June, 2008, when I first rode “The Wall” in Altoona. I knew it was special then and in 2009, it became my “escape from cancer” place to ride. I have ridden it in spring, summer, and winter – but not fall. Interesting. We had been planning for Jacob’s Hero Ride, a […]


Wind and a Hillclimb

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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 […]


Blue Knob in the Rain

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Climb up to Blue Knob Ski Resort from Pavia. Halfway up the skies opened up. Miserable downpour. Treacherous descending.