• we wanted some Lebanese food, so we pedaled to Yantic

    we wanted some Lebanese food, so we pedaled to Yantic

    a decade ago there was a Mediterranean bakery run by a Lebanese couple that would frequently have a booth at the New London farmers market inside Fiddlehead’s coop. being mostly vegetarian based, the food was just what my mom and I were looking for, so one fall afternoon in 2010, we visited their storefront in… Read more

  • nutmeg nor’easter vol 7 in memories

    nutmeg nor’easter vol 7 in memories

    welp, thats a wrap folks! thanks all for coming out from far and near, straight and queer, you all had a good time, or so I hear … 500 signed up, and we had 480 of you in attendance despite some particularly saturated weather forecast. I have never seen so many soaking wet smiling faces… Read more

  • Final Nor’Easter info

    Final Nor’Easter info

    Okay folks, the time is time! we will begin taking in guests at 3:00pm on Friday, and we have been requested to pack up and leave by around noon on Sunday. You can still get in one of these rides on Sunday, just be sure you pack everything up first. We will let folks know… Read more

  • 2023 Nor’Easter info/update pt. 2

    2023 Nor’Easter info/update pt. 2

    Hi everyone — it’s nearly time for our annual bicycle induced foliage bath here in southern Connecticut. 5 days to go! here you will find some updates and info you might like and consider etc. first off, if you haven’t received this important document to fill out via your email, then please fill it out… Read more

  • riding out of deerfield for a d2r2 sample platter

    riding out of deerfield for a d2r2 sample platter

    on Friday I escaped (or so I thought) the wall of rain that swept over much of New England. I drove up to Bellows Falls Vermont to pick up the alumax frames from Frank, and then back down to Deerfield, to a field, right as dusk set in to cook dinner and get some shut… Read more

  • 30th Vermont 50 MTB

    30th Vermont 50 MTB

    6 am start line — fun enough — been meaning to do this race for some time now after hearing about it for the first time after it was already 15 year running. back then I struggled to imagine what 50 miles of New England track would feel like as I only imagined the west… Read more