Way too wet to ride today, but here are my favorite bicycling photos of 2022. Happy New Year!

With temperatures in the 40s (F), it doesn’t exactly feel like a usual New Year’s Eve here in Vermont. In the photo above, it doesn’t look like a typical idyllic Vermont mid-winter scene; more like our usual muddy March. Still nice to get out for a ride on the last day of the year though. … Continue reading "Last Ride of 2022"

It’s been a great Cycle365 year. Everyone’s pictures were great. Everyone’s bike rides were great. The stories were great. The exchanges of comments were great. Rich’s monthly challenge leadership was great. And all of you Cycle365-ers were great. HERE’S TO AN EVEN GREATER 2023!

May 2023 bring many happy biking days, smiles and blue skies! My recap for December is HERE.

Wishing All the Best to Everyone!! Its been a great time following everyone with their cycling adventures Particularly since everyone has such beautiful places to cycle and interesting things to see Looking forward to 2023 and your riding adventures The year in review/stats

For most of us, riding in January IS a challenge Just back from a ride across town, around the park, and home — first time out in many days — the weather was just uggsome (technical meteorological term)   but any ride is better than no ride  at all  🙂 Initially, the January Challenge is to … Continue reading "January Challenge(s)"

No snow or giant icicles hereabouts. Just rain, with more on the way. Perfect for newts, apparently.

I opened up Cycle365 this morning and saw DJG’s “Quick Morning Spin” post. The pictures of free-flowing waterfalls reminded me that I should have ridden to our local waterfall for a quick look. That’s what I did this morning. Sure enough, the Vermillion River falls was frozen.

And let me tell you, it felt great to get back on The Reckless Mr. Bing Bong after about eight days. I think it was my longest cycling hiatus in the last decade and I really have no excuse other than that I seem to have gotten a bit lazy in the last year. Sure, … Continue reading "I’M BACK IN THE BICYCLING BUSINESS"

Wishing you all, dear Friends, a jolly and festive Christmas, and for the New Year everything that a cyclist loves, above all time, health and good weather for many miles on the bicycle.

To start the new season we had 8C/46F, a warm föhn wind was blowing and there were just a few patches of snow here and there in the fields. When we have föhn, the Alps are very clear on the horizon, but too far away for a decent picture. In the picture on top they … Continue reading "Warm Winter Weather"

Stormy weather expected for the next couple days, so I got out for a Greg-style ride on the shortest day of the year. I think the solstice here is officially at 4:47 PM, so I’m a few hours early. Note that long shadow above.

After two weeks of sub-freezing temperatures and lots of snow, we had 4C today and the roads looked safe enough for me to get back on my bicycle. In the morning I wasn’t sure that all the paths on my way to tai chi would be cleared, so I didn’t ride there, but in the … Continue reading "Snow free"

We had a few afternoons that got slightly above freezing this week. As a result, some of our snow melted and the roadsides were getting pretty dirty from cars spewing sand, mud and exhaust fumes. Eight inches of new snow over the last couple of days cured that situation. Not only did the new snow … Continue reading "A World of White"

It’s been snowing on and off for two days, but I wasn’t planning to ride my bike anyway. It’s probably a good thing that I am being forced to walk for a change. I got some pictures for Christmas, too.

HERE is my choice of pictures for the month. I’ll do anything to avoid cars in my photos so one got a major transformation in Photoshop. Guess which one.

First of all I want to thank everyone for the interest and positive reaction to my post about the heated gloves. I was thinking this was perhaps just another “wimpy Suzanne has just bought another gadget” thing. But I’m glad I overcame my self-doubts and took a constructive approach. There were some questions that I’ll … Continue reading "The gloves, the hands and the wrist"

A few nights ago, I attended a Live Nativity here in MY Town. It was pretty cool, and I think I was able find half of the items on Rich’s Christmas checklist in this one experience. After that, I continued riding, took a few more pictures, and checked off another 25% of the list. All … Continue reading "Most of My December Riding Has Involved Grocery Shopping and Running Errands. Yet, I’ve got THIS to Share."

I bought heated gloves! They have little wires (I think that’s how it works) that go to the fingertips and tip of the thumb, too, and they are powered by a rechargeable battery that is in a zip pocket in the cuff. They are quite thick, perhaps a problem when working my camera with them … Continue reading "Warm hands – kinda"

Santa Claus is coming to town … I got an ear worm after taking that picture. It was pretty cold for my standards, around freezing. Still have to find a better solution for my hands. Nevertheless, I did a little asphalt loop, no muddy paths in the forest these days, and got two pictures. Wasn’t … Continue reading "Santa is coming"

  It was just as cloudy, cold, windy, and miserable as it looks Strong wind from the south was generally a crosswind, so would not be all that bad riding west/east Winds predicted up to 40mph and they were getting a good start Nevertheless, Raleigh heads across town to the park to see what might … Continue reading "December Challenge 1"