infinitely sustainable pace

Fixing the flat on my Fisticuff. Flaking the crud off the cog. Failing. Got the whole tire changed only to have the tube puncture again because I didn’t go through and inspect the tire and find the slice/piece of metal junk. D’oh! I know better than that. This was after I did a 30 mile [...]

Into the shop on Friday night. The pugsley needed some love before Winterbike on Saturday. I haven’t done a very good job of maintaining the chain. It was gross. The mechanic was not pleased with the gunky mess. I explained the it wasn’t shifting that great. He clarified with, “what? you’re not getting that ‘pow’ [...]

Walking around the stream with Keiran on Tuesday afternoon, I couldn’t help but notice that we are on the cusp of spring. The woods were drippy, the stream was running deep and quickly. Birds singing. The robins showed up a few weeks ago, however I consider them untrustworthy harbingers of spring. Generally they show up [...]

Icy finger-waves Ski trails on a mountainside Snowlight in Vermont -Moonlight in Vermont March’s full moon is called the Full Worm Moon, it’s not until the 8th but the conditions were right for a full moon ride on Tuesday night. Two days of cold weather had set up the snow, the sky was crystal clear, [...]

This past week gnawed on me a bit. I felt out of whack, doubtful and caged up and like I just needed to go get lost in the woods for a while in order to feel better again. My window for this was Sunday afternoon, and never had a window been so eagerly anticipated.   I [...]

I will admit to being a bit smug at the beginning of last week. So much snow biking that I hadn’t really had to put out much of a trainer effort in a while. Well, things change. It started to snow. And while having snow in winter is better than not having snow, when it [...]

That is my registration confirmation for the Shenandoah Mountain 100. A 100 miler has been on my to-do list for a while and this is the first year that I think I have an honest chance at having the base miles to make a go of it. Goal: simply to finish. Truthfully I’m quite nervous [...]

You know what is not good for snow biking? An entire winter’s worth of snow in 24 hours. Last week I was looking longingly at a section of VAST snowmobile trail near my house that just opened up for the season. A section so tantalizingly close, yet that was almost completely bare of snow. After [...]

My warning to you, if you purchase a Pugsley, or other sort of fat tired bike, you will find it much more difficult to convince yourself to ride the trainer. Particularly if conditions cooperate, as they are this week. No longer will snow or cold temps stymie you in your pursuit of an outdoor bike [...]

As I was saying, a week makes a big difference. A week earlier I was bundled up within an inch of my life on an exploratory ride. This week was so warm that I had to remove the woolie layer after the first 30 minutes of mostly downhill riding. Lucky for me, some friends and [...]