2009 Fleche Velo Review, Part 1
Okay, I'm back from San Francisco and our 24 hour adventure. And all I can say is what a blast! The Fleche was the best organized ride I've ridden. The…
2009 Fleche Velo Review, Part 2
This is the beginning of a rather long description of our bike ride. I hate reading long blog entries myself. But I'm too lazy to edit it into a tight,…
2009 Fleche Velo Review, Part 3
This post describes the second leg of our ride from Cloverdale to Marinwood. We hung out a while at our turn-around point in Cloverdale. Our contol point was a grocery…
2009 Fleche Velo Review, Part 4
This account is the third leg of our ride, from Marinwood to San Francisco. Our control at Marinwood was a real treat. The control was at Paul's brother's house. Paul's sister-in-law,…
Wool
Packing for the Fleche, which starts in less than 12 hours. And I just realized that all of my cycling clothing for the ride is wool: wool underlayer by Patagonia; wool…
Status as of April 8
Just a post to say where things stand as I get this blog underway. So far, I've ridden two of the four qualifying brevets: the 200k and the 300k. Both…