No Safe Riding Habits = Know Pain Know Safe Riding Habits = No Pain You are DRIVING your bicycle, not riding it.  Your undivided attention is required. Call Outs Are Good Riding Technique The riders in front of you and the riders behind you don’t necessarily see what you...

This Is A Strange Time When We Go Riding With Covid19 All Around Groups of one No Pace lines You can go at whatever pace you want No mask, when you ride alone*, as it is two hard to breath Shorter rides, especially for the women as most rest...

An 11 Mile Paceline ? At 10′ per bicycle, that’s 6,292 cyclists! Rather, this was the first time I rode with about seven other riders…north on route 47 in Hadley, Ma, for 11 miles, no stops, lights or rests. It was simultaneously exciting (first time), tiring (had to concentrate),...

Why bicycle riders do what they do....

Using the group's knowledge for a tricky bike repair while in the middle of nowhere....

I Know, I Know, So many posts about etiquette and safe riding.  It bears repeating. You are NOT so cool that passing calls like “Stopping”,”Slowing”,”Car Back”, etc. up and down the line of riders does not apply to you You are not so wise that you can prevent the...

I’ve seen it happen over and over. Serious cyclists think of a 15% uphill grade as a fun challenge. New cyclists think of a 4% grade as hell. There is often a bit of finesse: Getting Your Spouse On The Bicycle If you want to introduce your significant other...

Why do most of the paid event rides, which collect thousands of dollars, provide such lousy snacks and no lunch? I realize they make donations of some of this money, but these rides are getting more expensive and the riders are not really getting much back. An unfortunate result...

The leader starts out somewhat faster than the posted speed for the ride. Of the 12 starters, two assume this IS the ride pace and decide to go off by themselves. The leader soon runs out of steam and slows the pace down too much. Two riders decide to...

For the first seven years I rode my bicycle in a group, I did not have a single accident. Then I was in several 1.The first was mostly my fault. I wanted to pass between two riders.  I loudly and clearly shouted out my intentions. When the rider on...