The first time I saw Matt Pendergast in 2016, he was wheeling a handsome cream-colored French bicycle through the crowd at Eroica California in Paso Robles. Tall and mustachioed, Matt makes…
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I suppose you could call me an Eroica California veteran, and maybe even an unofficial ambassador (although not in the social media sense of that word). In the four years of…
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It was still dark outside in Paso Robles. Greg and I were milling around in the kitchen of our rented cottage drinking coffee. We already had on our matching red and…
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A gallery of a few of my favorite images from Bici Clasicas 2016. These photos are courtesy Deirdre Calhoun.…
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On a vintage bicycle ride, there are two competing philosophies that run through my head: 1) It is all about the bike, and 2), It is not about the bike. Somehow…
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Full Gas on the Tour de Guilford Yes, there was Mexican food the night before the Tour de Guilford, but that is not the sort of gas I’m talking about. For…
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Greensboro City Ride On Saturday morning the CR Weekend attendees met back up in the Cycles de Oro parking lot. There were two group rides: one high performance, one city tour.…
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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…
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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,…