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One advantage of my chosen route today was that it afforded variations on a theme. Just the thing for someone with commitment issues. The th...

See the ripples on the surface of Uvas Reservoir? See the direction of travel? Embrace the headwind. Today's route was uncharacteristic...

Anticipating that a mellow recovery ride would be just the thing for today, I had volunteered to help with a training ride for the upcoming ...

I wanted to stop, of course. On the steepest grades, I pulled my front wheel off the pavement many times. I did not stop. I tacked across th...

Setting out this morning, I was reminded that today was the big day for the riders in Markleeville . In solidarity, I was determined not to ...

The heatwave settled in for the long holiday weekend; summer really has arrived in the Bay Area. One local thoroughfare was so clogged with ...

Having climbed three of the four major peaks in the Bay Area (Diablo, Fremont, Hamilton), today I conquered the fourth: Mt. Tamalpais. I was...