My first Ritchey was the Break-Away Cross version. I loved the versatility of that original bike but had two complaints: cantilever-brake are finicky and underwhelming when trying to slow down a [...]

I awoke this morning with the need to get to my hotel in Geneva and return my car by evening because my flight home was the following day. I wanted to squeeze in one last ride but it was raining, [...]

This ride started in Andermatt, my home base for week-two of cycling bliss, now in the Uri canton of Switzerland. You cannot reach Andermatt from the west without going over the iconic Furkapass, [...]

The Grosse Scheidegg is an amazing beutiful mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. The 1,962 m (6,437 ft) pass is traversed by a road connecting the town of Meiringen with the village [...]

Klausen Pass (elevation of 1,948 meters) starts in Altdorf or Linthal. I rode from Altdorf, as it’s near to Andermatt. The Klausen Pass has it’s history in alpine cattle grazing and [...]

My vote for the coolest cycling climb anywhere goes to the Gotthard Pass, or St. Gotthard Pass in Switzerland (Italian: Passo del San Gottardo, German: Gotthardpass). This 2,106-meter pass [...]

Lac de Moiry is another great alpine dam. This means you can expect quite roads because it’s a dead end. It’s a long climb and includes a downhill section to Mayoux. This area seems [...]

Cycling Col de la Croix Col de la Croix is a pass (1778 m.) in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. This is not to be confused with the Col de la Croix de Fer in France. I started from Ollon and [...]

Cycling the Sanetsch Pass Sanetsch Pass (Fr: Col du Sanetsch) is a high pass that leads to a lovely alpine reservoir,  the Lac de Sanetsch. You can start the ride in Sion or Conthey. The Sanetsch [...]

Cycling the Great Saint Bernard Pass Great St. Bernard Pass (Colle del Gran San Bernardo on the Italian side) is the third highest paved pass in Switzerland, at 2,469 m (8,100 ft). It connects [...]

Cycling the Col de la Forclaz Col de la Forclaz is a medium mountain pass that starts in Martigny, Switzerland, and goes to France if you wish. The French border is just 25km from Martigny and [...]

Cycling Col de Port and Port de Lers Today we departed Tarascon-sur-Ariège and did a loop that includes Col de Port and Port de Lers. The Ariège is a quite region and as such we had another day [...]

Cycling Col de Pailhères, Ax-3-Domaines and Col du Chioula This is another ride starting and finishing in the wonderful little village of Comus. The out-the-door riding in this part of the [...]

Cycling Andorra, Border to Border to Border Andorra is a unicorn with wonderful magic properties. Nestled in the Pyrenees, it sits between Spain and France. It has a population of less than [...]

Cycling Col du Pradel and Col du Marmare from Comus This ride began in Comus, where I was staying at the family home of a friend and neighbor of mine from Boulder. Comus is situated in the Aude, [...]

The Shootout The “Shootout” is a group ride in Tucson, AZ. It officially starts by the university (800 East University Boulevard) but riders join the group all the way to Valencia, [...]

Location: Boulder, Colorado. The date of this ride and associated pictures: December 19th, 2015. The Weather: mid 50’s and sunny. Today’s ride: NCAR. Today we are going to explore a [...]

Cycling Gavia Pass In 1988 Andy Hampsten won the Giro in the snow and ice on the Gavia, a goat track of a road. There was some snow on the road on the day I road it, though not as much as on [...]

Cycling the Stelvio Pass The Stelvio Pass is probably the most iconic climb in cycling because of it’s setting, beauty, difficulty, and history. It makes the Alpe d’Huez look like [...]