Friday, September 15, 2023: Any bike ride that starts from Barelas Coffee House is a good ride. We saw only one famous/infamous local/state politician, and the late Bill Richardson wasn’t there, but the wait staff and food are the real stars at BCH, and they both didn’t disappoint. The food and atmosphere also served as… Read More Cycling Chronicles: Los Candelarias/Griegos

Any bike ride that includes the opportunity to sneak into a gated community is a good one. Of course, that any bike ride is good is also axiomatic, and it is with that eternal truth in mind we once again headed out to end up riding pretty much every street, nook, trail, and cranny in… Read More Cycling Chronicles 9.10.23: NW Mesa

Despite heavy focus on “low stress” cycling and residential streets here at BB, I’ll admit my single favorite stop in all of Albuquerque is at this marker on a State Highway far from any residence. The “Lola” Historic Marker is on NM-556, i.e., Tramway, as it climbs from I-25/Sandia Casino to County Line BBQ. Most/all… Read More Cycling Out to See Lola

I’m generally always one to look at the bright side of life while riding a bicycle, and it was with this cheerful mindset that I took this photo at UNM last Wednesday around 10:00 A.M. It was only when I got home as the post-bike ride glow waned that I noticed in the photo background…… Read More History and Why Crossing Lomas Getting to UNM Sucks

Return with us now to the thrilling multi-modal roadway infrastructural days of 1987. “What?!?” you may be asking in an exclamatory manner. You may also be adding, perhaps unnecessarily, “Isn’t 1987 and thereabouts pretty much the cause of all that sucks regarding multi-modal infrastructure in this country?” Yes, you would be generally correct in that… Read More Visiting the West Side’s Secret Alleys

Most of my bike riding these days is urban ABQ, and most of that is on residential streets. But every once in a weekday while (yes, retirement is a good thing, I’d recommend it to everybody) I stretch out on the Bosque Path, NDC and connecting PdN for an up-and-back amounting to a 56-mile of… Read More Weekday Mornings on the Bosque & NDC Paths