Cap2Cap Century

The alarm went off at 5:00 am. Through bleary eyes, I checked my phone’s weather app. It was 60 degrees and threatening to rain. The forecast told me this would be the warmest part of the day. Maureen and I got up and began the process of getting our act together for the 2022 Cap2Cap […]

The Year In Review: Part 1 (The Rides)

Cycling blogs love to post End of Year articles, regaling their readership with tales of the past 12 months of cycling.  I’m no different and in keeping with a long-established tradition going all the way back to 2010, I would like to recap the Cycling Year That Was.  As with last year, I shall break […]

Cap2Cap: The Movie

I am proud to present the third in my bicycle ride movie (aka, photo shoot set to music) series.  These are easy to put together and help save storage space on this site (I’m down to 85% of my storage capacity.  At this rate, I’ll run out sometime in 2017).  Enjoy! Cap2Cap Movie Historical Marker […]

Cap2Cap

That wasn’t so bad! I made it to the end, but please let me start at the beginning. Prologue 5:00 AM is early to get up on a Saturday.  The night prior I had triple-checked all my equipment.  Everything except my cycling clothes was in the car, ready to go.  The forecast was for a […]

Breaking Down The Cap2Cap Ride

The Cap2Cap Century is this Saturday, and the time has come to focus a little bit on the route.  I realize this makes me different than many participants in rides such as this, who seem quite content to simply show up and go with the flow.  I’m not very good at going with flows, so […]