Lifestyle

Gravel bike events have become increasingly popular over the last 5 years, in fact a whole new industry has evolved as a result of this new class of bikes and bike riding.  The bike industry [...]

Biking with Steve .... the following is a heartfelt excerpt from a very good friend , a friend that goes way back to 3rd or 4th grade!  Steve moved down to southern Maine 6 years [...]

Cycling gives my life meaning. It’s simple really. I didn’t actually set out to find meaning or purpose when I took up cycling just a year ago; instead I feel that the open roads have [...]

Matt Michaud has captured quite eloquently in the following essay the essence of the FARM ride that he designed and planned in it's entirety.  He believes that it will spark your interest and awaken your [...]

A good friend of mine asked me once or twice; "Mark, why is it that you always seem to have to suffer on a bike ride?"  I guess I don't always seek out a ride [...]

Total passion in creating and providing value in caring for people who require rehabilitation from injury or recovering from various orthopedic post-operative procedures.  I believe that was my mission statement way back when. Our trademark [...]

"Football/Soccer is a beautiful game because it belongs to us all.  The world plays."    - Arsene Wegner I vividly remember the 1st time I was introduced to soccer, I was a 6th grader [...]

My mother would often relate to me that as a youngster growing up that I was always "into everything".  A curious child that would very often get into various predicaments, sometimes quite harrowing.  As a [...]

Most definitions of adventure I found include the words risk and hazardous. The American Heritage dictionary defines the noun adventure this way; "an undertaking of questionable or hazardous nature." If I choose to accept this [...]

Several years back, I guess it's been seven or eight years now, I picked up hockey. Keep in mind that I was a lifelong basketball player and winters were spent inside of a gymnasium shooting [...]

My adult children have been wondering why I haven’t written a blog post about them. “In time” or “when the time is right I will put something together”, I would explain. Perhaps the time is [...]

In Italy, large meals are concluded with the saying "siamo alla frutta", literally translated, "we are at the fruit"(dessert). In our household, we always ended our meals with a home-cooked dessert and my favorite, without [...]

I say you can learn a lot about someone if you ride bike with them for 3 or more consecutive days. I think Yogi Berra said, ".. you can observe a lot by just watching." [...]

A couple of years back my very good friend and cycling companion Dave Chamberlain told me that we have to go cycling in Belgium. "What for?", I asked. "Because there's a lot of great riding [...]

As we get older it's increasingly important to find and participate in exercise and activities that build you up, not tear you down. For me the days of playing basketball and soccer 3-4 times a [...]

There are many fitness crazes and exercise programs garnering so much attention nowadays that it's difficult to keep up with, much less decipher what's the best fitness routine for a particular individual. P90X, T25, Zumba, [...]

In 1765 Julien Rossignol Sr. a navigator on a ship that sailed from northern Brittany France landed in St. Denis, Kamouraska Quebec along the southern shore of the St. Lawrence seaway. On labor day weekend [...]

Fresh Trails Adventure and the CMA 2014's Tour de L'Acadie 2014. . . In the books. On Saturday August 16 over 100 cyclists gathered at the University of Maine at Fort Kent bright and early [...]

I always wanted to be Acadian. For the longest time I thought I was Acadian. . . I spoke french, was born and raised in the St. John Valley, had a french last name. To [...]

"If we don't have it . . . you probably don't need it." I know you've all heard that one before, but in today's world of excess, this statement truly rings clear and true at [...]

During my time as a full-time athlete I developed a love-hate relationship with the road when training. On the one hand the road was where I spent the majority of my day, cycling, running, and [...]

Of all our Bernese mountain dogs Zoe was unique. She was always calm and very low maintenance, I think she'd get annoyed with Oliver and his antics, barking and his constant seeking of attention. And [...]

There has been quite a bit of discussion recently among many of my cycling friends regarding riding on gravel roads, specifically riding road bikes on gravel roads. Anytime I'm going on a ride and ask [...]

I have had the good fortune of returning to the County this spring and summer to do some cycling and take part in the events that Fresh Trails Adventures is offering over the next few [...]

Here's something new and exciting for your summer cycling goals; Hill climbs!! I've listed my 8 top hill climbs in northern Maine, New Brunswick and Temiscouata, Quebec, I hope you give some or all of them [...]

Top 5 Rides L'Eroica Tuscany, Italy 2013 6 Gap Middlebury, Vermont 2013 D2R2 Deerfield, Mass 2011 New Sweden to Long lake, Maine Tour de L'Acadie Canada Top 5 Bikes Pegoretti, steel Kuota KOM carbon Ciocc [...]

Heroic.  L'Eroica is just that and more, a vintage bike ride that takes place every first week end in October through the tuscan countryside of central Italy honoring those heroes of cycling past, [...]

On Sunday,  20 or so brave souls tackled 40 miles of tough terrain and battled some rather unpleasant weather, and were otherwise undeterred in their resolve to complete some of the most difficult sections of [...]

Once again, cycling and it’s connection to people and the formation of relationships has recently presented itself. A year ago Matt Michaud suggested that we host our lunch for the Farm Ride and Tour de [...]

Cycling. . . Pedaling and effort lead consciously or unconsciously to meditation. Without the noise of lists, missed calls, and ever-growing inbox, and responsibility. Under self-imposed but manageable duress, up the side of the Mountain, [...]

Up the last hill and as I hit the crest I instinctively ready myself for the open view. But instead of coming out at the top of the mountain it's like I've been transported to [...]