Iron Rider

Finish the Damn Ride Finish the Damn Ride is an "unwritten" ethos of Randonneurring. Sure there are caveats, safety comes first...

Winter In the winter of 2017, I stepped away from long bike rides to get stronger. Following a consistent routine of ever heavier squats...

4:00 am.  OVERSLEPT! Gonna be late. Out of bed. Jump in clothes. Get in minivan. So glad I packed the bike and the van the night before...

I did not ride the DC Randonneurs' Appalachian Adventure 1000K. The AA1000K linked three tough permanents to create a tour of the She...

{First Friday Writings for Randos - A monthly post that features pieces from other writers that touch some facet of the Randonneuring expe...

A while back, when I began Randonneuring,  I was talking to the husband of a friend of my wife - which kind of makes us friends by some mar...

April 21, 2013 The Delaware River, inky black under the pre-dawn sky, flows on our left. It speaks in a thousand whispered voices. It s...

On Saturday morning, the sound of the alarm clock ringing at 1:45 a.m., set off a heated discussion in my brain.  Right brain - ...

A brief trip south for a taste of summer in the midst of winter.  Five of us from NJ decided to travel south to Florida for a mid...

Randonneuring, like many endurance sports, shares the quality of having events that sound like the result of a late night drinking sessio...

Brevets tend to have their way of making people humble - Laurent Chambard This is not a ride report. In May 2010, I rode my second Randonne...