St.Denis de Kamouraska, Quebec Canada. In 2014 I wrote about finding the Rossignol ancestral homeland after meeting our new found cousins from St. Denis, Julien, Michel and Isabelle Rossignol. I became intrigued not only with this beautiful part of our world, its landscape and geography but its people, their/our culture and specifically my Rossignol [...]
My brother Brian has been after me for several years to do this gravel ride in Vermont, the "Vermont Overland". It has become so popular that within 1 hour on January 1st it is completely sold out, 700 registrants! Brian has told me multiple times that this ride/race is perhaps one of the best and [...]
Why do we seek out tough climbs? Many people always ask me; why put yourself through pain and suffering on your bike or why attempt climbing those hard steep sections of road? The standard answer that I've always given was, "because I can". In truth though the answer is not that simple. A good old [...]
What's more fun than a 12.3 mile time trial at 5:30 AM amongst good friends? After a 10-15 minute warm up we set out in 1 minute intervals; Beth Ann first, then John, Andrew, Mark and Dave. Winning time 32:40! I won't divulge who won, because that's not really important. Yeah right!!, I can hear [...]
