The Blayleys

I've long claimed that I don't train. I ride my bike to hang out with friends at good cafés, after taking in all the magnificent sc...

Fear Rothar teases me about my choice of routes for the day after various Big Event™ rides. He likes to call them Recovery Rides - ...

This is what every week has been like for me this summer... Monday - unpack, do laundry, recover from weekend. Figure out what Big Event is...

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 ...