Is 2 a group?

 Probably not.
But this morning, Gail & I coordinated our respectively crazy schedules for a short but sweet road ride.
We were both yearning for a different route. My routes went stale about a year ago and I haven’t had much opportunity to travel with the road bike. Gail (pictured) was in the same spot–and she suggested [...]

Back in, and out of, the saddle

Ever notice it never rains when you want it to? The skies looked like they were going to open up on my ride, which would have been fine by me, but they never did. I do NOT want it to rain this afternoon. Any takers? I rode up to work today just to see how [...]

Whoo hoo, blood on a road ride!

Something look wrong to you in that photo? I thought the same thing just as my front wheel went into an open space on the storm grate. Next thing I know the world is spinning and then I’m on my ass. The nice gentleman who stopped to make sure the bike and I were all [...]

Entering Ware (Where?)

I took Friday off and did a 38 mile out & back, which brought me through 4 towns, Ware being the outermost of those towns. I cruised through the backroads of South Hadley, Granby, Belchertown and then hit route 9 past two of the Quabbin entrances and over the Swift River. I turned around at [...]

If It Bleeds….

I had a terrific ride today, 35 miles to the Quabbin Reservoir and back.  2 1/2 hours of sunshine and a million blog posts circling my head as I enjoyed the warm up from 45 degrees to 65 in that short span of time.  But there’s an old saying in journalism that helped me decide on [...]

101 Miles in May

Today I got a cue sheet from my brother, who has agreed to ride a century ride with me.  It’s a first for both of us; he got his first official road bike last year and raised money doing the Positive Spin for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) riding 60+ miles.  As many of you know, I’ve participated [...]

An extra 10

It took an extra 10 minutes to get to work on the Fuji today. I wanted at least one trial run before I tried it on a work day. The Fuji has a double chainring (36/46) and the Specialized a triple (30/42/52). I was a wee bit concerned because I have not been riding as [...]

I have another reason to love my Lakes

I don’t have any big bike plans for the year 2009, but was trying to come up with a fun idea in case I needed any incentive to ride. I decided on seeing how many of the roads in Franklin county I can pedal this year, and I started keeping track today. The Fuji Cross [...]

Accessorizing

I realized the other day that I did not have a few items (for example, spare tubes, how did that happen?) for the Fuji, so I headed down to the LBS to remedy that. While there, I picked up a rear light. The bike shop owner said this model would work well because it can [...]

It is not an addiction

Last year I managed to commute to work on my bike a few times, but only once a week. I had to bring food and clothes the day before because I was using my Specialized Allez Comp and had no way to carry stuff. That has all changed with my latest addition. I fitted my [...]