I’m old-fashioned in many ways, including the strong, antiquated feeling that any bicycle with bigger than 2″ diameter tires isn’t a bicycle. Nothing against really fat tire proponents, only their bicycles. My bias runs aground, so to speak, when combined with my silly desire to ride places that bikes with <2″ tires have no business… Read More Today’s Ride: Mesa del Sol’s Wet Sand

“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” – Strother Martin as the character “The Captain” in “Cool Hand Luke.” The term “low-information voter” has become an important phrase in current events lexicon. We’ve seen what a political car crash such voters can cause electorally in recent months. This morning, a motorized version of… Read More Today’s Ride: Rio Bravo Closed at 2nd St.

For a very long time, I’ve scoffed, harrumphed, and otherwise looked down upon the idea of driving a bicycle-carrying vehicle to a bike ride starting/ending destination. Always better to start cycing from the front door and besides, driving is the cause of most of the world’s problems. These days, I’m a little less scoff, a… Read More Today’s Ride 6.17.25: Paako/La Madera Loop

Yesterday’s “No Kings” event at Mariposa Basin Park was a tremendous display of widespread activism, and, as is true for just about any activity, it was even better on a bicycle. Riding up the Bosque Path in ~100 degree heat, there were few other cyclists heading northerly. I wondered if they were also going to… Read More Today’s Ride: No Kings Celebration

After another delicious breakfast at Limonata in Nob Hill (you should check the place out), I rode a bit in the elevating heat before deciding to shorten things northerly before heading back to my South Valley. Instead of taking the North Diversion Channel Trail all the way to Paseo, I dared to ride Candelaria from… Read More Today’s Ride: My “Favorite” Bit o’ ABQ Roadway Infrastructure

Checked out the new streets accompanying new construction out at Mesa del Sol today. Judy Chicago St. is 100% paved and just about 0% houses this week, but that house percentage looks to be changing, fast. The recent rain has opened up vast expanses of what’s south between MdS and the Isleta Pueblo boundary to… Read More Today’s Ride 6.10.25: Judy Chicago St. (MdS)