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Recent Posts
- Inaugural Colonial Crossroads Bike MS: From “The Other Side” June 13, 2016
- An Unexpected Review: Carry-On 3.5X5LSHS Utility Trailer September 21, 2015
- ACP Suffolk-Lake Gaston-Washington 600 km (DNF) September 16, 2015
- Final Ocean to Bay Bike MS Ride (146 miles) June 12, 2015
- ACP Suffolk-Lake Gaston 400 km (252 miles) May 6, 2015
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Category Archives: Special Rides
Inaugural Colonial Crossroads Bike MS: From “The Other Side”
This year’s Bike MS event was renamed and moved to a new location, with Day 1 beginning in Smithfield, VA and riding 75 miles to Williamsburg, including a ferry ride between Surry and Jamestown. Day 2 was in the opposite … Continue reading
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Final Ocean to Bay Bike MS Ride (146 miles)
The weekend of May 30-31 marked the final running of the Ocean to Bay Bike MS event, often called the “MS-150.” Bike MS is a fundraising event that benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (MSS). The event began in Cape … Continue reading
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RUSA Dart 200 km (128 miles)
For many randonneurs, Easter weekend is the time for a 360-km ACP 24-hour team event, known as the Fleche (French for “arrow”). Ideally, several five-bike teams ride from different origins, departing Saturday morning, and converge on a single point at the finish, often ending with … Continue reading
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Team Killer Bees’ Swarm to Benefit Wounded Warrior Project (40 miles)
Each spring, Team Killer Bees has a “swarming” to kick-off the season, pull together as a fundraising team for upcoming charity rides (Tour de Cure and Bike MS), and to collect bicycling clothing and equipment for the Wounded Warrior Project. … Continue reading
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2014 Coffeeneuring Challenge, Ride #1… In Pink!
I’m a man with some irony in his life. I’m an electronics technician who loathes electronics that don’t work without fault on an eternal basis. I recently started a bread-free diet and then began to visit Panera Bread to satisfy my wish … Continue reading