The Blayleys

The alarm goes off at 3 AM. John silences it. The room is quiet. We drag ourselves out of bed and begin the pre-ride rituals. I do love to r...

Dirt Roads of Vermont Early Summer 2014 Photos from other DROVERS from Steve and Carolyn Day 1 and 2 Day 3 from Henry ----------...

Dirt Roads of Vermont with Exquisite Scenery - Day 2 We woke to brilliant sunshine, making it much easier to hop out of bed after a hard...

Dirt Roads Of Vermont with Exquisite Scenery - DROVES-eve and Day 1 When we first started doing DROVES a few years ago, we did a point t...

We first met  Henry  in 2011, when he was the only person daft enough to join us on a bitterly cold Christmas eve ride to Mt. Wachusett...

It has become a yearly tradition now to meet up with friends and spend Memorial Day weekend climbing and descending some of the finest dirt ...

A followup to last week's post. But first a bit of background... A few years ago, a group of friends started an email list (referred to ...

Yes. I am back on my bike. But no. I am not back . And my most recent ride pretty much proved that... Since given the clearance to rid...

My journey through bikes to find my Nirvana Remember my credo (from my most recent post ): a brevet bike is one you use on brevets with ...

Ask n different people and you will get n different (and most likely contradictory) opinions for what defines a good brevet bike. Do a sim...

Last year our friend, @the_wilcox (who recently moved out to Portland, possibly in an attempt to get even more use out of his fenders), sho...

The snow is coming down - yet again! - as I type. We joined the Ride Studio Cafe gang for part of their cafe-to-cafe ride this morning and ...

First, I want to express sincere thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and positive energy. The comments and emails mean so much and re...

Wind in my face never felt so sweet! I've spent a lot of time walking outside recently. I've longed for the feeling of warm sunshi...

When John and I moved overseas in 2002, we told our family and friends not to think of it as us leaving them, but as an opportunity for them...