It didn’t occur to me that I had been cycling between the green curve of prehistory and what’s left of post-capitalist America until I got home and saw the route map: Squigging slowly through the gap between Petroglyph National Monument and Ladera Golf Course, there are neighborhoods and neighbors not unlike just about all of… Read More Slow Cycling Chronicles: Between Green Curves

It’s always a good bike ride when you come across views like these: I’ll leave picking order of niceness among the photos above to you, but all also perfectly fit in yesterday’s geographically and socio-economically wide-ranging slow ride stretching from the bourgeois 60s privileged comfort of Four Hills Country Club to the beauty amid the… Read More Slow Cycling Chronicles: Four Hills and Trumbull

Just about nothing beats cycling through a golf course parking lot. Really. Naturally, when you decide to ride pretty much every street in pretty much every part of town, you get to some neighborhoods later than others. Factors like distance from one’s own home and public transportation come into play. There are also factors like… Read More Cycling Chronicles: Paradise Hills & Cottonwood Mall

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