Blather on Bicycling

Old Man Winter is making a feeble attempt to keep me off my bike this January. I gave him the finger on Friday with a long road ride. Yes, I said ROAD ride. I rolled 95 miles of pavement, minus about 30 feet of walking on an unavoidable ice rink. Oh, and this included about 3,500 feet of climbing. Road biking in January seems impossible in the Grande Ronde Valley, but I commented to Rad that this was the 3rd straight year we’d been on road bikes in Cove shortly before the Superbowl. Read more

Old Man Winter finally brought some fury to the Grande Ronde Valley. Last week I spent most of my recovery days on snow shoes in what quickly became waist deep snow at my house. This probably wasn’t the best recovery for my legs, but it was beautiful being out in the white. Read more