This guy, Jean-Yves Blondeau, is bonkers in the very best way: he’s invented a new sport (OK, it’s been around a couple years but it’s new to me) and he’s apparently making a living at it. I can’t decide if I think his suit is cool, ridiculous or both… it definitely looks dangerous, and a lot of [...]

European Motorcycle Day at the Larz Anderson museum always draws an big crowd to wallow awe-struck in the chromium gleam, especially when the sun is shining. Here were a few of the trinkets that caught my eye:

This ‘48 Rapide was the sweetest of the Vincents

I may be biased, but I am so proud of my mum and dad and all that they’ve done to convert their house to alternative, clean energy sources. Check it out, they got written up in their local paper.

The weekend of Sept. 20 and 21 is so full of fun things to do, I get giddy just thinking about it. Check it out:
The Seacoast Century is the easiest (because it’s flat) most fun (because riding amongst a few thousand other cyclists is a rush) 100-mile tri-state bicycle rides you could ever do.
 
The Can/Am Slalom [...]

So sayeth the League of American Bicyclists. I didn’t even know that we cyclists had a union. The league announced its rankings Friday in a press release. As is so often the case with such 50 state ratings, it appears to be fairly superficial, and mostly just a gimmick designed to promote an adgenda. Making [...]

There’s a new batch of trail races out in west-central New Hampshire, with two races yet to run this fall. The Western NH Trail Running Series has five races, all in the Dartmouth-Hanover-Lebanon region (up I-89, northwest of Concord). It also has a website, an impressive roster of sponsors and some 169 runners participating to [...]

Drive out to Royalston, Mass., just to see the waterfalls and you will spend more time in the car than on the trail. That could be good, if you like short hikes.
Royalston isn’t too far, about an hour and a half’s drive from Nashua, and the Royalston Falls can be reached with about 30 minutes walking (your [...]