The last best ride of the season
Listen, 67 degrees and brilliantly sunny don’t often happen on November 9 (especially when we were close to that on...
Freshies on the bike path!
If the celebration of Henry Hudson’s third voyage, the one in which his discovery of the Northwest Passage led to...
They always finish in Paris
Another brilliant Tour de France, perhaps the best in years. Four countries (Monaco — as if that counts, Switzerland, Italy...
Little known facts about the Tour de France
One of the reasons I hardly post in July is that my free time is entirely taken up with watching...
Cycling riddle
What’s the difference between a 30-speed bike and a 3-speed bike?One broken cable.A few days of fiddling with an out-of-whack...
The cycle.
Much of the summer, I look at my little box of unused cold-weather riding gear – tights, leg warmers, arm...
Gimme a Tour, any Tour
Okay, so it’s not one of the Grand Tours, but the Tour of California (excuse me, the Amgen Tour of...
First ride
I’m not sure if it was the first ride of an early season or just a fluke, but temps pushing...
End of the Season
So this is how the season ends — not with a bang, but with a whimper. Not with a spate...
Autumn ride
There’s little sweeter than a perfect autumn day like today for a nice 60K ride — just warm enough to...