Socks Final Update: Coffeeneuring Socks Are Here!
The socks truck showed up at my house yesterday and deposited over 350 pairs of coffeeneuring socks on my doorstep. That’s right, everybody, the coffeeneuring socks are here, just waiting […]
Once, Twice, Ten Years of Coffeeneuring: Prize for 2020!
Hello coffeeneurs, what’s been going on? Wait, don’t answer that, I’ll tell you what. We are down to the final weeks of the Coffeeneuring Challenge and it’s time for the […]
Coffeeneuring Results 2019: and Last Weekend to Start 2020 Coffeeneuring!
Greetings coffeeneurs and readers! In better late than never news, I finally tallied some results from last year’s Coffeeneuring Challenge. The information and graphs below give you a snapshot of […]
Old Rag 200K Fall Edition: Time Sandwich
My. Feet. Are. So. Cold. Even though Felkerino and I waited to start the Old Rag 200K with the sun, it’s one of the first chilly mornings of fall. I […]
Escape into Fall: Northern Virginia Randonneurs 400K
Over the last couple of weeks, Fall has been trying to catch my eye. The tumble of a golden leaf, a surprise wave of red from a tree. These gestures […]
Coffeeneuring Challenge: One Good Thing Final Preparations
Hello friends. If you look around the corner you will see the 2020 Coffeeneuring Challenge looking back at you. It’s here, it’s finally here! Well, technically Saturday it’s here, but […]
The 50 States Ride, 2020 Edition
The ultimate concept ride, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) put their creativity to work and pulled off a socially distanced edition of the 50 States Ride – a here, […]
Coffeeneuring Challenge 2020: One Good Thing
Where shall we start with 2020? I have an idea. Let’s start with one good thing. On October 10, 2020, the Chasing Mailboxes Coffeeneuring Challenge returns. That’s right my friends, […]
Coffeeneuring Challenge 2020: Starts October 10
The Coffeeneuring Challenge is on for 2020. It runs from October 10 through November 23 this year. The coffeeneuring framework is going to look somewhat different this year, based on […]
Ride Your Own Ride
Ask a randonneur what it takes to tackle a big brevet and you’ll get a million pieces of advice (at minimum!). Most of this wisdom can find a home under […]
N-1 Right Sizing Resulting from N+1
Years ago, I wrote about n+1, the silly philosophy that people should perpetually aspire for their bike stables to have one more bike. I called the piece The Truth and […]
Message in a Bottle: Stillness
Back in April, I wrote some initial thoughts about the pandemic and cycling in a column for American Randonneur – the quarterly newsletter of Randonneurs USA. Like sending a message […]
Letter from Washington, D.C.
Hello, everyone. In mid-March, the mayor directed D.C. residents to stay at home and since then it’s been strikingly quiet. People venture outside like they’re taking their vitamins, no one […]
Dandelions and Big Hair Blossom Days
Back in the days when a house with a yard was part of my life, my dad – who prided himself on a dandelion-free lawn – would enlist my sisters […]
Personal Sphere of Freedom: The Six-Foot Social Contract
Mayor Bowser called me today (yes, on my phone!) to advise that D.C. is under a stay-at-home order and to limit outings to essential trips. After talking with her – […]
Tired is Not an Emergency
“Tired is not an emergency” reads the note on my D.C. Randonneurs cue sheet. “But please do let us know if you abandon.” Unlike club centuries or event rides, randonneuring […]
