Bike Ride Stories

Left at 5:30 this morning and 15 minutes into the ride decided to ride controlled hard tempo up every hill with heart rate in mid 160s to lo...

I rode for an hour this morning into a gale-force wind that was blowing from the same direction as summer Santa Ana wind, only this morning ...

(Click on photo for detailed description of the climb) A week and a half ago, on Saturday, Todd and I were noodling about "Lamorinda...

Brian and I stopped at a scenic turnout on Skyline Rd. yesterday to check on a voicemail to make sure the caller wasn't Todd warning us ...

I've been riding my Spectrum very happily for nearly two months now.  After about a month on it, I was curious to see how it compares to...

The blog had become polluted with short notes about daily rides, diluting its purpose -- stories of long and epic rides.  So, I got rid of t...

An e-mail exchange: original e-mail: -- I'm not sure I'm desperate enough to ride in the wet... my reply: -- It's not about ...