2018-10-11 14:51:50 - If you ever find yourself suffering through a gran fondo blame the Italians, out loud like me with spicy Italian phrases - Che diavola! Merda! Porca miseria! - since...
2018-09-25 17:21:38 - Yo Eddy, Well you did it. You put on another great Eddy Merckx Classic. As someone who has a professional obligation to ride epic gran fondos (someone has to do it),...
2018-09-09 14:09:00 - I'm on the start line at the World Championships, trying to stay calm, play it cool, but goose bumps on my arms and rabbit's foot tucked in my jersey probably give me...
2018-08-06 14:55:03 - Double, double toil and trouble summarizes my dilemma. The plan is to do a reconnaissance ride of Haute Route Utah, writing an article with insights for prospective...
2018-08-02 19:37:23 - By Matt Leffers Picture a nice meandering ride through the idyllic countryside of Nanaquacket and Little Compton down to the salty ocean breezes of Horseneck Beach -...
2018-07-30 17:10:06 - "Do The Duel!" The challenge is issued every year. To turn it down would mark me as a coward. Everyone meets at the chosen spot to faceoff. My legs ready, locked...
2018-07-23 22:39:22 - The hairpins up to Alpe d'Huez connecting the town of Le Bourg-d'Oisans in the valley to the ski resort over 3,000 feet up above are part of cycling legend. For riders...
2018-05-25 14:11:22 - There is no mistaking the finish line at Gran Fondo New York. You know the end is nigh as you top the steep climb up Dyckman Hill from Palisades Park. Signs count down...
2018-03-16 22:11:24 - Every now and then you need to Rage Against The Machine, pull a Crazy Ivan, be independent. That's how I feel today. Rather than head over to the Tour de Palm Springs...
2017-12-18 15:55:12 - "Hey Bucket Rider, which Haute Route should I do, 3-day or 7-day?" That is the question I'm asked time and time again since I rode the Haute Route Ventoux and Mavic...
2017-11-13 15:59:55 - The American Wild West is legendary. Rough. Tough. Physically challenging beyond belief. A brutal land where the strong suffer and survive, while the weak suffer and...
2017-10-17 15:01:13 - After riding the week-long Haute Route Rockies in June, the first HR event outside Europe, the Bucket Rider John Woodson decided he needed another hit of the Haute Route...
2017-10-10 13:27:49 - There are gran fondos and then there's Levi's Gran Fondo. The original and quite possibly the best? Well, read on and we'll find out... Levi's - now in its ninth...
2017-09-23 15:22:30 - In the American Southwest you won't find a more breathtaking backdrop than Acoma Pueblo's "Sky City". Built atop a sheer-walled, sandstone mesa in a valley studded with...
2017-09-19 16:13:55 - I rode up the Stelvio Pass. I did not conquer it. I did not crush it or smash it or other silly verbs that suggest dominance. I rode up it and that was enough. Enough in...
Ribble Cycles have launched a brand new range of gravel bikes...
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Gran fondos, or, "great rides," as they're known in Italy,...
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And now it is official. GFNY Santa Fe has been confirmed...
