Routes

Le Mont Ventoux: The Windy Mountain

Legends are central to any culture, ours perhaps more than most. The Ventoux is a French legend, rising 1912m above…

11 years ago

Guest Article: Ride 542 – the Mt. Baker Hill Climb

@eightzero is throwing down the sweaty gauntlet here. He has a vision of a V-kitted, Rule compliant freight train of…

12 years ago

Portland Cogal v1.1 Post Ride Report

"My teeth are famous!" exclaimed Fränk while Mrs. Scaler was running around with her shiny new camera, documenting the day.…

13 years ago

Guest Article: Edric’s Windy, Wet, Wild Wiggle

One of the cairns on the unknowable path to Cyclist is riding one's first unimaginable distance. In the non-metric world…

13 years ago

Training with the Pros

Training with the Pros, it sounds like fun but it can't be. Pros are genetic freaks; they put more kilometers…

13 years ago

Frank vs. The Volcano: Haleakala, Part Deux

The French call it la fringale. It's one of the worst conditions that can befall a cyclist, this, when our reserves…

13 years ago

Gravé Diggers

Sometimes we need to be reminded that originality is paramount to leading a good and honest life. It took some home…

14 years ago

A Sunday in Well

It's on like Donkey Kong!  Welli-Roubaix: Hell of the North (Island) is recon'ed, the seal of approval has been licked…

14 years ago

Ever-Prescent V: Ronde van “V”laanderen

There is something about Northern Europe in general and Flanders in particular that exudes The V; you feel it in the air the moment…

14 years ago

Velominati Cogal: Welli-Roubaix 2011

It's a call to arms.  No, it's a call to legs, hearts and minds. Just as the Illuminati would stage…

14 years ago

Frank vs. The Volcano: Haleakala 2011

Flying into Maui, the first thing you see are the tops of the volcanoes on each of the Hawaiian islands.…

14 years ago

Professionals: Rule 5 and No Room For Protests

First and foremost, as a cyclist and a devoted fan of this sport - a Velominatus, no less, - I…

14 years ago

Tales of a Cyclotourist: Beartooth Hwy

It's been called the most beautiful highway in the world. That, as with most things, can be left to debate.…

14 years ago

Tour Organizers: Follow the Giro’s Lead

In response to criticism that the Tour de France is too predictable and uninteresting, the organizers of the Tour have…

15 years ago

Clever Thinking

Seattle is a much hillier town than most people realize.  Hills of 15% grades and 2-4 km in length are…

15 years ago

Round and round

I just rode around Lake Washington on my single speed. "So what, you pussy?" I imagine you are saying. Fair…

16 years ago

Stuff it

I spent Memorial Day weekend in Boise, and on the actual holiday I headed out for a big ride with…

16 years ago

The Seattle Tre Cime

Here's the funny thing about cycling: I go out of my way to find the biggest and hardest hills I…

17 years ago