
This isn’t about one bike ride. Instead, it’s a way I’ve found to organize my To Be Ridden wish list (a riff off To Be Read, for all you bookworms).
With a bingo sheet.
Continue reading “A bike bingo game built on a personal wish list of rides”My new way to organize bike rides I want to do.

This isn’t about one bike ride. Instead, it’s a way I’ve found to organize my To Be Ridden wish list (a riff off To Be Read, for all you bookworms).
With a bingo sheet.
Continue reading “A bike bingo game built on a personal wish list of rides”I’m here for the seven tomato pies, not the miles.

Everyone has an opinion on pizza. Especially in New Jersey.
Continue reading “The best Trenton tomato pie? This bicycle ride tries to find it”Here’s what the trail straddling two counties is like.

One 180-degree turn, then another. That next one — a third, or just a squiggle?
Continue reading “Great swoops! The WB&A Trail bridge over the Patuxent River is finally open — and we found some surprises”
I forget how beautiful the Hudson Valley is.
Continue reading “Finding fall foliage on 2 beautiful Hudson Valley bike trails”So cheap to do. But would the U.S. deem these infrastructure ideas hostile to cars?

Part of what made the Loire bike ride so enjoyable was the bike-friendliness of everything beyond the marked route.
Continue reading “Biking the Loire: A peek at seemingly simple French bike-friendliness”Just getting a reservation on a local train was cumbersome.

When we planned our bike vacation along France’s Loire River, part of Eurovelo 6, I hadn’t expected that the train would be the hardest part.
Continue reading “Biking the Loire: The hardest part was the train”Saumur, Villandry, Chinon, Chenonceau and more.

It took us more than an hour to get out of Saumur, a town of 26,000 along the Loire River in France.
Continue reading “Biking the Loire: 5 day trips from Tours”A different way to tackle Eurovelo 6.

On this bike trip to Europe, we decided to try something different: Rather than biking from point to point along a castle-laden section of Eurovelo 6 in France, we would base ourselves in one town and do day trips.
Continue reading “Biking the Loire: Why staying in one town was the perfect choice for us”What a headache!

I love bicycling in London as an occasional visitor. Just a great way to explore, and much faster than walking. And so many cycle routes!
Continue reading “The No. 1 thing you should never do when getting a Santander Cycle in London”Belmar, Asbury Park, Long Branch: the epicenter of Bruce Springsteen’s Jersey Shore.

This bicycle ride is for all those Bruce Springsteen fans, whether they are serious bike riders or not, timed for the 50th anniversary of “Born to Run”. Even if you’re just a so-so fan, you get to see the beach. What else do you need?
Continue reading “Bruce Springsteen’s Jersey Shore by bicycle: Stone Pony, Born to Run House and more”