LEESBURG, VIRGINIA I don’t (normally) ride for speed but it’s nice to go fast. And it’s a nice metric to measure oneself against Father Time. I haven’t had any real fast rides this year and I’m not counting rides where I jump in a pace line. This is just me against the “clock.” Yesterday I […]
ASHBURN, VIRGINIA You never know what awaits on the open road. Or trail. Today was a mostly meaningless ride other than to find peace on a bike. I planned to head west from Reston on the W&OD. Three young guys, kids, rode up to me and asked if I would pump up a tire for […]
RESTON, VIRGINIA It’s local. I ride on portions of it all the time so I never write about it. It is the Washington & Old Dominion Rail Trail, which runs from Arlington Co., near Shirlington, to Purcellville in Loudoun Co. Sign for motorists as they enter Virginia from the Key Bridge in Georgetown Sign is […]
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA I saw a post on Saturday on my friend, Brad Hancock’s, Ocean to Bay 100k ride which asked “what was your speed?” Too many times cyclists, especially road cyclists, measure rides in terms of speed. Unfortunately, I read years ago on RoadBikeRider.com the then author stating that “no ride that doesn’t average at […]
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA I’m not sure what the final numbers will show but this was probably the coldest January in 20 years. It was not a good month for riding. In the middle of the month it warmed to about 40 degrees (5 C). I went “exploring” in Alexandria. The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge has a […]
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