Deer Creek & Lee Canyon

Deer Creek & Lee Canyon

Just a little cycling fun at Mt. Charleston, Nevada.  (Click on the title if the video is not visible).

Hard Hundred

I just couldn’t understand why I was so exhausted after only 47 miles of riding. Yes, I’d just climbed from my house in Vegas, up past Red Rock Overlook, out to the 160, up and over Mt. Potosi, and almost all the way into Lovell Canyon Road, but my mind was on 100 miles. I’d [...]

A Beginner’s Guide to the Tour de France

While I was watching the Tour de France, my eleven-year-old daughter started asking questions about the race. During an early stage, some of the riders were in a break away (in the front), and I told her the real contenders were farther back and weren’t concerned with these particular stage leaders at the moment. “How [...]

The Art of Bonking

You don’t have to do everything wrong to bonk while riding your bike. It just takes one or two misguided choices, and you’ll find yourself on your bike wanting only to get off and leave your two wheeled contraption leaning against a stop sign while you sit on the ground, intending never to get up [...]

Bike MS 2010

Sometimes when I ride my bike, I enjoy all the scenery and embrace the wonderful weather that propels me along as part of the rhythm of riding, taking me into a zone that insulates me from the stresses of life. At other times, I have no choice but to embrace the pain and exhaustion of [...]

Bike MS 2009, One Perspective

As the sun rises across the desert and brushes its orange breath across our cold faces, we mount our bikes and teeter our way through the loose dirt and gravel outside the Las Vegas Speedway, heading for our once-around the race track. It’s November 7, 2009. The air is dead still. More than 200 riders [...]