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  • 8/26/07: ride from town

    Author: Nick Evans
    There were lots of people out and about on bikes today, not counting all the ones who were over to the west suffering through the Blue Ridge Death Ride.  Everywhere we went there were other cyclists on the road.  Some of them lost, some bewild...

  • 8/25/07: Stanardsville - Sklyand, hot gnats

    Author: Nick Evans
    Hot is the operative word for today, and gnats were a principal operative distraction on the Skyline Drive, along with the hot.  Except in the shade when it was just gnats.  A veritible sandstorm of gnats on speedy descents.  I kept my mo...

  • 8/18/07: cool & nice on the Blue Ridge

    Author: Nick Evans
    August 18, 2007: Little people climb fast, big people descend fast, old people just try to keep it all together and get there. Bananas are a good thing whatever category you're in.   A cold front came through last night, today was a welcome r...

  • Advance Mills bridge (now doomed)

    Author: Nick Evans
    August 21, 2007: Advance Mills,  Albemarle County, Virginia The existing  bridge has structural problems and can no longer support vehicular traffic....the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has recently caved to empassioned plea...

  • 8/04/07: Mountain Mamma 2007

    Author: Nick Evans
    I was doing about 35mph down this hill somewhere south of Franklin in Pendleton County, West Virginia yesterday late morning. The sun was shining, birds were chirping, cows were doing whatever it is they do, and there was a large insect hovering at an ...

  • 7/29/07: Fontaine ride Sunday

    Author: Nick Evans
    I invented this torture, but I didn't attend. I rode about 200 miles of twisty roads between here and western Maryland on a motorcycle instead. Plus ate a great breakfast at the Thornton River Grill in Sperryville. Why did I get into this bicycle stu...

  • 7/28/07: flanks of Old Rag

    Author: Nick Evans
    While the centipede of people from northern suburbia crawled up Old Rag Mountain on this sunny Saturday we wended our way around the flanks and then some. Somehow 15 or so of us made it safely through the Republican centrix of Madison County at Banco (&q...

  • birthday ride with John W, Judith & Ivan

    Author: Nick Evans
    It's a birthday treat to ride with John Whitaker. John's great company, he's been doing this for longer than most of us. He's the guy I first chatted to about this nutty notion of riding across the US. This morning John, Judith, Ivan & I rode 30 miles ...

  • 7/21/07: Crabtree Falls / Devils' Knob

    Author: Nick Evans
    Crisp Canadian air was in short supply for some of the 12 or so intrepid participants, climbing up VA 56 past Crabtree Falls to the Blue Ridge Parkway.  Others didn't appear to be grabbing more than their fair share of air.  Jim B engineered a...

  • Hammering around the James River

    Author: Nick Evans
    We never actually were in the river but lots of calories were burned up by about 15 people on the Buckingham, Fluvanna & Albemarle roads that run nearby.  60+ miles at 19+MPH, good grief!  All roads lead to Howardsville.  Or at least ...