Late Thursday night I completed the 2013 version of London-Edinburgh-London, together with 800 others.  Actually some completed the ride ove...

Getting ready for London-Edinburgh-London (July 28 to August 2), I have completed my training and did not take a long ride over the weeken...

We got an early start -- almost as early as planned (630AM), and made it out of the central Tokyo heat island before the temperature exceede...

Well, the Tour de France have left the Pyrenees and it will be awhile yet before the peleton gets to Mt. Ventoux and then the Alps ... and h...

It has been several years since I rode my Reynolds Stratus Cross carbon tubular wheels.  I decided that for those of us who ride without a ...

Jerome can be somewhat hard on his equipment -- not just wheels.  I noticed a line across his saddle this morning, as we returned from a sho...

Jerome has had a run of trouble with rear wheels.  He favors wheels from a certain French famous brand we shall refer to as "M".  ...

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...

This weekend, Jerome and I will attempt the Fuji SR600.  What is an SR600?  It is a course of 600 kilometers and at least 10,000 meters of c...

Tokyo heat and humidity, hammering up the river with Jerome at 35-38kph.  Today's weather brought back memories of so many similar rides...

I still have more training to do -- the Fuji SR600 coming up --  but my bike ("Voyage") is ready for London Edinburgh London. I...

Nice documentary about Shane Perkins and other international riders who are invited to participate in Japanese keirin races, embedded over ...

Apparently in the past year or two, women's keirin has returned to the betting tracks of Japan. I learned this when I happened to catc...

Jerome and I would love to plan some Brevet courses some years in the future, when we each have fewer job and family commitments. ... So a...

When you can have ... a jet bike. And more detail is available here .

The last two Kanagawa Audax events I have attended had very small groups of riders.  Last October's 600km Brevet had only 9 finishers an...

Here is the link to Ezra Klein's take on this WSJ fumble (and you can view the video there)  -- both he and James Fallows used the comp...

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is a late-February event, but I did not manage to check out the winners until seeing an article ye...

Jerome and I went for a Sunday morning ride yesterday.  No photos, and just a trip to Tomin no Mori and back.  No personal records.  The wea...

Looking at the summer's cycling calendar, after the Tour de France and London-Edinburgh-London, the next major event will be Positivo Es...