The Blayleys

After spending several days doing some climbs around Napa, we finally checked out of our motel in downtown Napa, loaded up our panniers, and...

So just a few days after I post a picture of a 100 ml tube of sunscreen that was being rapidly used up in New England, I head off...

It's about 40 F and raining here today, a pretty typical spring day in the greater Boston area. Fear Rothar calls March the cruelest mo...

A combination of too much work and fine weather have kept me away from the (non-work) computer this week. However, last weekend's wea...

We have had very strange weather in New England this winter. For the most part, it has been relatively mild. But we've had a few bi...

All this talk of a mild winter is starting to annoy the weather gods. So they huffed and puffed and blew a gale force wind our ...

I don't know Boston's Nawth Shaw  well. So, when Beverly native,  Matt Roy , suggested, in one of his infamous Bad Ideas (TM) , dra...

Astute readers may recall that at the end of the Festive 500 challenge last December, John and I declared ourselves so far beyond redemptio...

The forecast predicted 3-6" of the white, fluffy stuff. While sensible types might have stayed at home and provided laps for cats in fr...

[Look here for our newest post on fenders]   Last week in my Fender post , I mentioned that I had some of the new SKS Raceblade long fe...

[Check here for our newest post on fenders] Mo Bruno Roy looks great all the time, but she really carries off the muddy look with style...

I always enjoy the chance to tell the story of how I used a tandem to snare Fear Rothar . We were both participating in a cross-USA bike ...

Back when I was in high school, I did a week long backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail (AT). It was not terribly long, but a g...

-Forbidden Topics of Conversation on Bike Rides- As you may know from reading a previous blog entry , I like my bike rides to include lots...

Yes, I must live under a rock. I don't watch reality television - so I'm not terribly current on the whole public vote-for-me thing....