Over the past weekend, the California Eroica happened. I had hopes of getting away to ride it with some Dino friends. But alas, business first. Next year. Yeah, next year. Instead, I thought, “hey, pull out the old Bridgestone and get out for a morning on/off road ride!” I hadn’t ridden the old girl since […]
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Fall’s been well under way for the past month. Two more months until winter. However, it was only in the past couple of days – today especially so – that it really felt like fall. We don’t get the big color change in the tree leaves here. Some trees change, but most just lose their […]
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It’s rare that I throw the bike in the car and drive somewhere to ride. But, with Monday being a holiday, the shop’s closed on Monday, and the calm before the storm of new cross frames arrive, I thought it would be a good call to do just that. I had planned on a loop […]
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It’s been a long time since I did a ride post. In fact, it was almost a year ago when I last did a ride blog and that ride was a big one too. Over the past three weeks, I’ve been getting out on Sundays for some long rides. The previous two Sundays were 5 […]
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It’s not too often that I throw the bike in the car to drive to the start of a ride, but on Monday, that’s exactly what went down. A friend was in town and wanted to get out on a long ride to initiate his new Clément MSO tires. Mike Cherney is a long time […]
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Got out for a post-rain, pre-feast ride on the road bike. With fenders, it’s no problem to head out for a ride without having to think about how the road/weather conditions will affect your ride. I’m not a big fan of going out to ride in the rain if I can help it, but it’s […]
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Following Cam’s advice on this post, I saddled up last Sunday and rode south on Highway 1 and found Coast View Trail several miles south of Stinson Beach and just south of Slide Ranch. It was definitely more technical than Stagecoach Fire Road. More technical since it was a single-track climb for a bit over […]
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I’ve been meaning to pedal to the top of Tam on the dirt on my road bike for some time. The problem is that the most road bike-able dirt road up Tam is Railroad grade, which starts in Mill Valley, a good almost 2 hour pedal just to get to the start. So I pulled […]
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There are a couple of sweet mixed terrain rides coming up in July in Marin County. The first is Carlos’ La Ruta Loca Randonnee, a brutal (so say the participants) on/off-road ride from the city through Marin’s dirt and paved roads before recrossing the bridge back to the city. Check out the information at Carlos’ […]
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Four days, four rides. Pretty good streak of rides going. Three rides on the cross bike, one on the road bike. Today, it was a cross bike ride. Some pavement, some dirt, some single-track, some fire road. The day started out a bit warmer, then got colder up on Inverness Ridge. By the time I […]
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It’s funny when you look at a potential ride on a map and you see that it’s not that long compared to other road loops by its physical presence on the map. Then you get out and what you thought you could crank out in a couple of hours, turns quickly into three. And so […]
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If you think you got legs enough, there is a challenge coming up soon that could suit you and your legs. Carlos is throwing his annual La Ruta Loca Randonee 200k mixed terrain ride on July 11. The route will cover many dirt and paved roads through Marin County. The basic route is: We start […]
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