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Southbound traffic on the highway was backed up for miles. [Luckily, I was traveling north.] The likely cause was the uphill grade—drivers f...

Two cyclists collided last week on the Stevens Creek Trail, with injuries serious enough to be carted away to a hospital. The story accordin...

Street, road, avenue ... what's in a name? Nothing dramatic. Boulevard? Expansive, with lots of trees. Grade? This one is not uncomm...

The summer heat finally cranked up this weekend. What better time for a hard climb? Loma Prieta did not seem as difficult as I remembered....

“Are you training for something?” the visitor asked. I might have said that I was training for Best Buddies , but mostly I was at the top ...

N.B. A slurry seal has since been applied to the packed gravel described in this post. While still unpleasant, these local roads are rideab...

Waiting for my ride buddy after sailing down Soquel-San Jose Road, I had a prime curbside view for a parade of vintage Thunderbirds. The one...