The bike is the bond: Riding with the legends on Turkey Day
FAIRFAX CA — I’ve ridden the annual Turkey Day mountain bike ride, or “Appetite Seminar,” in Fairfax maybe half a dozen times over the years, … Read more
Communing with the Whistling Pigs: Interlude in Entiat
Before the weekend’s rains hit, Jim Lyon and I took a day to do some classic high-country mountain biking, the kind everyone did before Whistler, … Read more
Today's Ride: Trillium on Tiger!
Tiger Mountain is covered with trillium this Spring — be sure to watch for them if you’re there during this weekend’s predicted sunshine. I don’t … Read more
Today's Ride: Tiger Mountain RR
Having been out of town at the Sea Otter Classic, I’d missed the official opening date of April 13 (2 days earlier than usual) on … Read more
Today's Ride: Nisene Marks, on the road to Sea Otter
Back to Santa Cruz for a tour of Forest of Nisene Marks, billed as the leading host of lyme-disease carrying ticks in the state (1 … Read more
Today's Ride: I Heart Santa Cruz!
A mainstay on any trip to Cali is the Wilder Ranch compound just north of Santa Cruz. Yeah I’ve ridden it so many times I … Read more
Today's Ride: Arastradero
On the road to Sea Otter: We stopped in Ashland OR, one of my favorite places to ride, but it was cold and raining, so … Read more
Today's Ride: New Trader Joe's in Ballard
People have been talking about the new Trader Joe’s, so I figured on stopping by on a Tour de Ballard (pronounced the French “BullARD”). It’s … Read more
Today's Ride: Round Lake Sawyer
A spot of sun, so I have to get outta Dodge for some trail ridin’!! Tiger Mountain reportedly is snowed in, so I headed for … Read more
Today's Ride: No Country for Old Cyclists
I was out making my usual rounds through the U District when whoa! a mini-Katrina! It got really dark, then fat raindrops started falling and … Read more