The press has been full of stories over the past 8 days about a terrible landslide in Washington State. The death toll is still uncertain, b...

Your correspondent is too busy for a full trip report ... but in the meantime, Jerome and I each DNF'ed on the SR600.  But "DNF...

If last week's Gunma 200 km Brevet was a bit of a disappointment because of the 530AM Sunday traffic on the Kanetsu expressway and the l...

Last weekend I learned a lesson in bicycle geometry. At my UBI frame-building class, we learned the basics of why almost all bikes have fa...

There was an era, back in the 1960s and early 70s, when American cars had a very short lifespan.  The manufacturers did not mind -- in fact...

Stephen was in town again this weekend from Hong Kong, and Jerome joined him Saturday evening at his place in Ikusabata, west of Oume.  The ...

On Saturday morning, I finally took the slick tires off my steel-framed cyclocross bike (the "Yamabushi") and tried out the Contin...

An overdue post from a ride 2 weeks ago.  Stephen C. was back in town, and Jerome visited his place in Oume, staying out there Saturday even...

I have not been to Cycle Mode -- the closest thing Japan has to EuroBike or InterBike --  in a number of years ...  usually it conflicts wit...

We will ride on Sunday and, given perfect autumn weather, try to get in some distance. Jerome is staying with Stephen out in Oume (Ikusa...

Jerome and I successfully completed the Kanagawa October 6 (to 7) 600 kilometer Brevet. It was a very hard ride.  8000 meters of climbing ...

Since returning to Tokyo from the P.E./Beeren Pyrenees tour and P.E. London wedding, I have fallen down on the job of maintaining the P.E. b...