The Blayleys

Warning: if you read this blog for the lighthearted humorous stories of frivolous adventures on a bike, don't read any further. This is ...

Fear Rothar often teases me about my totally irrational superstitions, most notably my rule that no one can discuss the weather during a bi...

Yes, this post is about an event that happened a couple of weeks ago. Yes, I'm behind on the blog. What's new? At least I'm not ...

Apologies again for getting so far behind again. Between riding, weekends away and going to lots of physical therapy and doctor appointments...

My wakeup call at the wonderful Starlight Llama B&B came from this fellow My favorite ride in 2012 had to be The JAM Fund Grand...

According to our local meteorologists, a heatwave is defined as more than three days in a row where the temperature exceeds 90 degrees...

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. " -George Santayana Research suggests that for women who experi...

A bit over a year ago, Rob Vandermark starting talking about doing a hilly ride. And by hilly , he meant he wanted to find the biggest cli...

Apologies for the delay in announcing the winner of the Bike Friday Tikit . If you've been reading the blog in the last month, you are a...

In 1987, as a young naive randonneuse, I headed off to France to attempt PBP. For various reasons, I ended up starting the event on a brand ...

I've often observed that the most difficult ride and race reports to write are those about rides and races that went perfectly smoothly....

198 km into a 202 km permanent, my ride came to a sudden unexpected end. I had slowed and signaled to my two riding companions for the left ...

Fear Rothar announced back in the winter that one of his big targets for the year was to be Dirty Kanza , a 200 mile gravel road race, bas...

Crisp and sunny! That's more like it. Traditionally, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer in the USA. But this year, it sure...

My alarm alerted me that another night had passed. The hammering on the roof had finally stopped. It wasn't bright out by any means, but...