Best Pics of 2018

Sometimes, looking back helps us remember 
what matters most. 


Let's Ride Early

Wait a minute, we need to turn on Strava

Let's Stay Together

Let's Get Some Elevation

 

Mount Timpanogos - 11,752'

Everest Base Camp - 17,600'

Kala Pathar - 17,965' 

(WHAT, you couldn't go another 35ft?)

Let's Feed The Horses

Let's Celebrate Your Birthday

How Old Are These Geezers??

Let's Follow The Leader

SLOW DOWN!

Let's Wear A New Look

Let's Ride With The Animals

Let's Dress For The Weather

Let's Stop And Smell The Roses

Let's Fix A Flat Or 2-4

Let's Ride LOTOJA

Let's Take A Selfie

Let's Retire
And Ride Off Into The Sunset

Pedal Proven Advice

Someone I respect very much told me I have an obligation to use my platform to address and do as much as I can to solve the wrongs of world. I agree with her. And I've thought a lot about this since we spoke. As corny and simplistic and perhaps even as blindered as this might seem, I believe more than anything in the power of the bike ride. Go for a ride today. Ride yourself to the bone, or go slow and look around you and really see and feel, or do something in between or completely apart from those ideas, alone or with friends or in a group of strangers and friends, but ride.

If you miss the ride you were supposed to do, do another ride. If you get out and don't feel great, turn around or keep going then turn around, or keep going until you feel better.

Ride until you forget. Ride until you remember things you forgot. Ride until you solve the problems of the world or the ones of your own soul or just some stupid thing at work. Or not. But ride today. You'll feel better. You'll be better. (you'll look better) And that's ultimately how we'll make this world better.

~ Bill Strickland - Bicycling Editor Director ~

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Ride Above The Smog

This week was a reminder that life sometimes gets a little smoggy and you need to ride "above" the pollution to breath clean air.

From a letter that was discovered by news anchor Bret Baier when he was combing through emails received during the coverage of the funeral this week. It was a letter that George H. W. Bush had sent to his close friend, former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano in which he shared what life advice he would pass on to future generations. The letter read as follows:

“I cannot single out the one greatest challenge in my life. I have had a lot of challenges and my advice to young people might be as follows:

1. Don’t get down when your life takes a bad turn. Out of adversity comes challenge and often success

2. Don’t blame others for your setbacks

3. When things go well, always give credit to others

4. Don’t talk all the time. Listen to your friends and mentors and learn from them

5. Don’t brag about yourself. Let others point out your virtues, your strong points

6. Give someone else a hand. When a friend is hurting show that friend you care

7. Nobody likes an overbearing big shot

8. As you succeed, be kind to people. Thank those who help you along the way

9. Don’t be afraid to shed a tear when your heart is broken because a friend is hurting

10. Say your prayers!!

A Cyclist's Thanksgiving Prayer

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to gather with family and friends and reflect on the blessing of the last year. Many of us experience renewed hope and faith during the Thanksgiving holiday because we turn our eyes and hearts onto what is most important. We give thanks and prayers for those we love and make us better. When your heart is filled with gratitude, there is little room to worry or complain.

As we reflect on the many rides and adventures of this past season, may the following cyclist's prayer fill our souls.

As we bike through the city streets, the highways and the mountain trails

Protect us Lord from

Spills and crashes

Trucks and cars whose drivers do not recognize our right to use the roads

Dogs who like to bite our shapely legs, cracks, and sharp objects that flatten our tires,

Thieves, and bikenappers who lust after our bikes

The rains and thunders

And all kinds of nasty accidents

Give us energy and the strength

To wake up in the morning and go for a bike ride

To keep us from bonking

To ride up hills and mountains

To reach our destination

Grant us the courage

To descend rapidly down the hills

To ride through the rain

To join and finish races even if we know we'll never win

May we experience the joy and ecstasy

As we are moved by the beauty of nature

As the sun and the wind caress our face

As we feel one with the bike and the road

And forget about the time

As we get in touch with the child within us

As we enjoy each other's company

As we feel we could bike forever

May we continue even as we grow old

And up to the day we die

And may you allow us to continue biking in heaven

Forever and ever

Amen

YIPPY SKIPPY

Thankful for riding with the SPOOKS!

Thankful for riding with the Boys!

Thankful for Grandkids!

 Thankful for Trophies

 Thankful for WARM feet

 Thankful for Fall Colors

 Thankful for Sunsets

Thanks for the Holidays!

Riding with the Spooks is the Best

Why is Halloween so popular? The ghouls, ghosts, monster, and zombies: it's that time of year again where millions of people enjoy the thrills and treats that are commonly associated with Halloween. Children dress up and go trick-or-treating, while adults enjoy haunted houses and parties. (Read More)

Many of the PCRs also think it's time to go to their darker/crazier side and for one day display their inner demons and let the world know who they really are. One in particular, who will not be mentioned, was born the day after Halloween and when this day rolls around loses all fear/inhibitions. Keep your eyes open at all times during this season, because you NEVER KNOW what you're going to see.

YIPPY SKIPPY

 Ever feel like this after a LONG RIDE?

 Now these are some really SCARY riders

  "Man, those riders sure look weird"