On Labor Day, I drove to Hadley with my bike, parking next to the Mass Central Rail Trail in the town center. I headed east on the trail into Amherst, then went north through the UMass campus, and headed up route 63 into the town of Leverett. I rode all the way through Leverett on … Read more

The Friday just before Labor Day, I went on a ride to a town I’d been in once before, as well as some towns I’ve been in several times, but I went on a bunch of roads that were new to me. I headed west from home to the Ashley Reservoir, and went south along … Read more

A couple of weeks ago, I did my first training ride for Will Bike 4 Food. I’ve taken a bunch of Fridays off to make sure that I have time for training (and to hedge against bad weather on weekends), and this was on the last Friday in August. I headed west from home, riding … Read more

September is here, and with it comes the annual Will Bike 4 Food fundraiser for the Food Bank of Western Mass. I’m participating again, and will be doing 100 miles once more, as there will be an organized, in-person event this time. It takes place on Sept. 26, and the route will be the same … Read more