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.

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The best Trenton tomato pie? This bicycle ride tries to find it

I’m here for the seven tomato pies, not the miles.

Pizza sign

Everyone has an opinion on pizza. Especially in New Jersey.

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Great swoops! The WB&A Trail bridge over the Patuxent River is finally open — and we found some surprises

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?

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Finding fall foliage on 2 beautiful Hudson Valley bike trails

I forget how beautiful the Hudson Valley is.

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Biking the Loire: A peek at seemingly simple French bike-friendliness

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.

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Biking the Loire: The hardest part was the train

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.

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Biking the Loire: 5 day trips from Tours

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.

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Biking the Loire: Why staying in one town was the perfect choice for us

A different way to tackle Eurovelo 6.

Our final night in Tours: Leftovers from our many market stops.

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.

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The No. 1 thing you should never do when getting a Santander Cycle in London

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!

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Bruce Springsteen’s Jersey Shore by bicycle: Stone Pony, Born to Run House and more

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?

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