The Rockpile 2026
by The 2026 Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb was my fourth. My first in 2023 was cancelled by weather. While the weather was fair, not …
MassBike 351 Completed
Today I completed the quest to ride my bike through every city and town in Massachusetts. The last town was Nantucket. Not by design, it …
Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Climb 2025
by I signed up for third attempt at this ride before I broke my shoulder this Spring. I put all my recovery into extending distance and …
Pan-Mass Challenge 2025
The ride is over, but it’s never too late to donate to the fight against cancer. Donate here: https://egifts.pmc.org/PMC/DC0176 or here: https://egifts.pmc.org/unpaved/DC0176 You can read …
Trouble With The Shoulder
After spending Sunday with Christophe in the cold, the forecast for my Monday bike commute was to finally have the temperature reach the sixties in …
MassBike351 March Update
At the end of 2024 I got this crazy idea in my head: bike through all of the Massachusetts municipalities in one year. That’s a …
MassBike351 January Update
For 2025, I’ve decided to do something a bit over the top and ride my bike through all of the cities and towns in the …
PMC Unpaved 2024
I was back for a third time at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac in the Berkshires for the Pan-Mass Challenge Unpaved bike fundraiser. The first two years involved …
Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hill Climb
This one has been on my list for a few years. A brutal climb of 7.5 miles with an average grade of 12%. I don’t …
Pan-Mass Challenge 2024
It was my eleventh Pan-Mass Challenge. It was full of sweat and tears. Thankfully, no blood. We celebrated those who have beaten their fight against …
JDRF Death Valley 2023-2024
Hurricane Hillary came through Death Valley and dumped a lot of rain in the desert. Roads were covered in sand/dirt and some were washed out. …
PMC Unpaved 2023
The first PMC Unpaved in 2022 was a great kick-off for PMC fundraising with dirt roads. I came back again to the grounds of Camp …
Pan-Mass Challenge 2023
This was my tenth Pan-Mass Challenge. I wanted to do something special. Something big. I had another ride scheduled in Burlington, Vermont the weekend before. …
Wachusett to Greylock and Greylock to Wachusett
Last year, I had the crazy idea of bicycling up Mt. Wachusett and then continuing across the state and going up Mt. Greylock. Then the …
Tour of the Battenkill 2023
The Tour of the Battenkill has been on my list to ride for several years. Covered bridges, scenic views, and over 5,000 feet of elevation gain …
PMC Unpaved (2022)
The PMC kicked off a new event this year: PMC Unpaved. Still raising money to fight cancer, but this time on dirt roads. The PMC …
JDRF Saratoga 2022
The JDRF ride was back in person, raising money to fight Type 1 Diabetes. The past two years (See JDRF My Ride 2020 and JDRF …
Pan-Mass Challenge 2022
The battle against cancer continues and we need money to wage that battle. That means I was back to raising money for the Jimmy Fund …
In Search of Del’s Lemonade
We had a PMC team training ride on Sunday and it was HOT. We started early to try to get out in front of the …
X-Mass in July: Greylock to Boston
After yesterday’s ride we ended at Bascom Lodge. I devoured the food put in front of me and took a second serving of the mashed …