Cyclist relaxing between two bikes on bridge over canal

I have started many stories about bicycle racing but have never written one that is as good as the racers are both on the indoor and outdoor tracks and on the roads.

— Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

Photo of two cyclists with their bicycles

Heat Wave

We honestly didn’t intend to cycle through record temperatures. We’d originally planned the Ohio To Erie Trail ride four years ago, but something intervened. When it finally came time to choose the date, I was hoping to squeeze the ride in before the temperatures really started to rise. Nature had other plans, and once we […]
Cherry blossoms on the Shimanami Kaido

Shimanami Kaido: Perfect two-day ride

Shimanami Kaido Cycling Map, from Visit Hiroshima The little planning I did before the ride paid off handsomely, and we enjoyed amazingly good weather and cherry blossoms in full bloom. The views — particularly the Seto Inland Sea from the bridges — were breathtaking, and we were simply too at peace on the road to […]
  • Not the ride I’d intended

    Not the ride I’d intended

    I’d intended to get out the door at 8 this morning and ride up the Tamagawa to Hamura and back, getting in the first metric century in quite a while. As it happened, Nana didn’t get up until 8:30 (while she hadn’t made any of her world-famous onigiri, I don’t like to leave before she’s…