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Looming gray clouds must have convinced my fellow cyclists to stay home this morning. There were no showers on the local weather radar map. ...

I set off for home late on a blustery afternoon. No need to hurry, I told myself, with all that wind. It's not unusual for me to pass ...

Oh, that enticing ribbon of road! One rider claimed to see the snow-capped peaks of the Sierras in the distance, but there was too much haze...

You know the old superstition that bad luck comes in threes? First, one of the riders in our group broke his chain. [Fixed.] Flying down...

With a forecast for a dry day, I eagerly prepared for a long-overdue bike commute. Then I woke up, groggy, to a chilly morning (37F). As t...

Crossing through Hyde Park, I happened upon a small flock of Sulfur-crested cockatoos that were poking about in the grass and mulch at the...

My colleagues had a few suggestions for how I might spend my weekend. Manly Beach ? [I'd left my swimsuit at home.] The Blue Mountains ?...