This year’s cross season went very well and I finished off the 2025 season with a high note on the podium, my first ever! My 2025 season was only seven races. I had hoped to do a full season of 14 races, basically one race a weekend during the fall. But my bikepacking trip and… Read More 2025 Cyclocross Season
THE PROJECT is riding every street in Annapolis. It’s been a great way to truly understand the development patterns and styles throughout the city and the resulting character of neighborhoods. It was a total of about 130 miles of streets.… Read More THE PROJECT: Every Street Annapolis
After dreaming about and planning a bikepacking route from Annapolis to Cleveland for over 10 years, I finally did it. 600 miles in 8 days.… Read More WTF Cleveland, Indeed
In 1994 Lisa competed in the first ever Womens World Championships in Yokohama and we used that trip as our honeymoon having been married six month earlier; Lisa, me and her crew! After 31 years we returned to Japan for the 16th Snipe Womens World Championship in Enoshima.… Read More Konnichiwa Snipe Japan!
Continuing the family tradition of packing 10 pounds of crap into a 5 pound bag, I jammed the Strong Towns National Gathering and a bikepacking trip in New England between a busy week of Snipe sailing and an Annapolis regatta .… Read More Tour Du Family And Friends 2025
The stars aligned for this winter’s bikepacking trip, a continuation of my “Different East Coast Greenway”, a more interesting and off the beaten path version of the official East Coast Greenway. This trip traversed almost the entire state of Florida north to south, but instead of the typical route down A1A along the coast, the route went through much more remote areas in the east central part of the state. … Read More Florida North To South – Jacksonville to Ft Lauderdale
If you’re sick of my monster long posts, this one will be as short as short as the 2024 cyclocross season. I saved the best race on the calendar for my one opportunity to race this year. … Read More 2024 Cyclocross Season – One and Done
I’ve been jonesing to do more bikepacking trips in West Virginia. Given the remote terrain and former railroads that serviced the coal and timber industries, there are a number of interesting opportunities for off road bikepacking routes. The longest and perhaps most remote is the North Bend Rail Trail at 72 miles between Clarksburg and Parkersburg. The location of the trail makes it logistically challenging but due to circumstances driven by the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, I finally had a good opportunity to make it happen.… Read More Wild and Wonderful
I switched my bikepacking setup this summer and with two longer trips using it, I thought it was time to describe what I take and how I pack. … Read More 2024 Bikepacking Setup
The summer bikepacking trip was roughly a week and a half ride through Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts over some new and well trodden ground. The trip provided a chance to reflect on the possibility of future bikepacking adventures and the importance of companionship on such long journeys.… Read More End of the Summer Southern New England Ramble
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