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You know who's hiring? Kingdom Trails is . All sorts of summer employment stuff, including being a mountain bike patroller. Need somethi...

As you may have heard, the D2R2 now has a more formidable little brother, the Green Mountain Double . It's 205 miles long has 25,000 fee...

Would you drive up to Vermont this weekend for the Circumburke ? While only 26 miles, it sounds like an awesome back country race. I know so...

You may recall that two years ago Johanna and Brendan rode a long way . Since then, we've ridden other long ways, but this weekend, in ...

I won't actually be able to attend, but I encourage everyone else to go to catalogue this weekend: Hello All Hello Autumn, Announcing ou...

Firstly, Johanna & I were riding to get some Mexican food from the West End last night. When we passed through Pope Park, we saw deer. T...

I've been sort of derelict in my blogulatory duties lately. Perhaps my interest in blogging waning. Perhaps I'm a crappy writer. Per...

So, in middle of an epic ride (kidding) my shifter broke on my Stumpjumper. It answered the question what the rattling was in the shifter/b...

>I don't want to get shot this weekend. Once again, I'm returning to Vermont. I don't usually go during hunting season. VMBA ...

You may recall yesterday that I said that I was going to do a ride out in the Northwest Corner. Well, I'm not. I'm going up to Vermo...

One thing that I forgot to mention about my trip to Vermont was the big hill I rode up, Burke Mountain . It's really big! Like 3270'...

While I'm glum that Josh is no longer writing in these parts and that we're got some personal turmoil floating about, I'm not go...

If you're unmarried, like me, you don't give much thought to your left ring finger. You don't point at stuff with it or don'...

I have this on a t-shirt now. After complaining about not riding up and down enough a few weeks ago, Johanna and I decided to go to Vermont,...

Photo credit goes to Bill and Kent. I don't know who they are, but I know where this is. It appears that summer is coming to a close. I ...

Johanna and I went to Vermont this weekend: This is not Savoy Mountain State Forest. This is some regrettable deforestation in Glover, VT. O...