Driving from Tucson, my wife Deirdre and I loaded our bicycles onto our VW wagon and drove across the country. Our route led through San Antonio, New Orleans, Savannah and Hilton…
Rides
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I found these two images on FB of a guy who looks like me riding in Eroica, California. I don’t know who took them, but thank you, whoever you are. …
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I was seated next to collector extraordinaire, Pat Moffat, who was liquidating a few decades of collected bike parts in a fever. It worried me a little, because at previous swaps,…
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17 second clip of a bridge crossing just before the beginning of the Cypress Mountain climb.…
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At some point during a long group ride, I find my heroes, and they are not always who I expect. As I mentioned in the first installment of this Eroica series,…
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On both the Coastal and the Long Eroica routes, Cypress Mountain, or rather the climb up the dirt road to the top of Cypress Mountain, looms large physically and psychologically. It…
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How do you put a truly magical ride into words? The 2016 Eroica California ride will take three parts, maybe four. Below is part one: We rolled out of the Paso…
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I had zero French bicycles in my collection when fellow Classic Rendezvous list member, Tom Jordan, posted a for sale ad for a tall handsome LeJeune. His price was fair, and…
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Beautiful Bicycles Collector Profiles Reporting Vintage Events
Robby Smith’s Eddy Merckx Team 7-11 Bicycle
Robby Smith rode this bicycle in the 2015 version of Eroica, California. At the event, he got Andy Hampsten to sign the top tube. To my eye, the build is just…