Stories
The Places I ride, the people I meet, the things I enjoy…
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- Adventure Racing
- Apps
- art
- Barranco
- Beer
- Bike Tools
- Bikes
- Blue Ridge
- Bryce
- Bubbles
- C&O
- cameras
- Camping
- Canal
- Catharine Pendrel
- Cebiche
- Cold Weather
- Custom bikes
- Cuzco
- Dalai
- Downhill
- Emmitsburg
- Epic
- Film
- food
- Frederick
- Fruita
- Gear
- Gravel
- Gravel Biking
- Harrisonburg
- Holidays
- Home Shop
- Hummings
- Italy
- Korea
- Laurel Hill
- Lea Davison
- Lift access
- lights
- Lima
- Little Bellas
- Llama
- Locust Shade
- Loudoun 1725
- Loudoun County
- lumens
- Machu Picchu
- Map
- Maryland
- Miraflores
- MoCo
- MORE
- Mountain biking
- Mountain Biking
- Nancy
- night riding
- Pachacamac
- Peru
- Pete
- Pete Beers
- photography
- Photography
- pictures
- Pisco
- Pisco Sour
- portraits
- Posters
- QMTB
- Quantico
- Quantico Epic
- races
- Raystown
- REI
- resort
- restaruants
- Ride Report
- Road Cycling
- Roanoke
- Sacred Valley
- Salkantay
- Scott Scudamore
- Scud
- Seoul
- Soccer
- Technology
- Trail Boss
- travel
- Travel
- Trek
- Turin
- Volunteer
- W@W
- Wakefield
- Wednesday's at Wakefield
- Winter riding
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iPhone Action Photo Tips
One of my favorite features of the iPhone’s Camera app is the camera’s control slider/button that allows you to capture bursts of photos at 10 frames per second. Learn how to do the same
Where to Ride
Hard to believe that we’re into Spring 2025 and riding season is well under way! I hope that you are having the opportunity to enjoy the great weather we have been having.
Destination: Frederick
In the first installment of regional destinations I wrote about Harrisonburg, VA, this time around, we’ll hop over to Maryland and visit the city of Frederick.
Getting Ready for the 2025 Quantico Epic!
It’s back! Is back for 2025!
Destination: Harrisonburg
With the riding season starting to really kick into gear I figured I’d share five of my favorite destinations within a 2-3 hour drive of the DC Metro area over the course of the next few weeks. Here’s my first pick, Harrisonburg!
Where I Ride
This weekend I was tooling around in Photoshop with one of the trail images and it occurred to me that it would be cool to make a stylized version of it and make a “Where I Ride” poster that I could offer people as a download.
Revisiting Carvins Cove
It has been a little over seven years since I last visited Carvins Cove. The last time around I was working on Mountain Biking Virginia and my buddy Mark H. and I rode some of the tougher trails along this classic Blue Ridge destination.
Out of This World Locust Shade Rides and Jump Fest
A small gallery of images from the Out of This World Locust Shade Rides and Jump Fest on September 15, 2024
Route Library: Where to Ride
Introducing the new Where to Ride section of BestRidesDC.com and a new curated route library on Ride With GPS.
The Mid-Atlantic Ride Journal
The Mid-Atlantic Ride Journal, to motivate and inspire others to bike and discover the same joy and love of cycling we have in common.
Lima, Polaroids
I was recently cleaning up my office and came across a box of old Polaroids I shot back in April of 2010 during a walk from Lima’s center to Miraflores.
The Southern Traverse
Several friends and I spent this past Saturday tackling the Southern Traverse, an IMBA Epic ride along the southern spine of the Shenandoah Mountain Trail.
Miraflores, in Film
This past September we had the opportunity to head back home to Lima, Peru and I brought along my father’s refurbished Kodak Retina IIIc camera so that I could take a few snapshots of the adventure.
2023 MoCo Epic
Great weather, amazing trails, and awesome riding buddies. The 2023 MoCo Epic did not disappoint.
El Mercado
Rather than just eating at home, or at the myriad of amazing restaurants every day, we booked a half day excursion with Haku tours to visit the market, purchase ingredients and then cook two of Peru’s classic dishes, Cebiche and Lomo Saltado.
Pelicanos
I spent a few days down in Lima visiting family and managed to escape for a day of riding south of the city along a new destination, Pelicanos
Progressive Mountain Biking: Redeux
Advice on which trails to hit, and in what order, if you are a new mountain biker in the Washington DC region.
Tacky Goodness
Day two ride during my annual outing to Raystown Lake with theqMTB Crew.
Frayed Cable
Day one of our riding adventure at the Allegrippis Trail System at Raystown Lake.
Holiday
Last chance to ride the gravel roads of OCS before my Raystown trip and before the next incoming class of candidates take over.
Riding Loudoun County’s Historic Gravel Roads
Hundreds of riders took on the challenge to cycle 40, 60 or 80 miles along the historic gravel roads of Loudoun County, VA, in support of America’s Routes, an organization working to preserve this unique and precious resource.
Riding the Iconic C&O Canal
Earlier this year my good friend Paul asked me if I would be willing to join him and another friend, Becky, on a three day trip to ride the full length of the C&O towpath, 184.5 miles, from Cumberland, MD to Washington, D.C.
Go For a Ride using the Best DC Cycling Guides!
All around Washington, DC, are some great roads, trails, and bike paths that are fun to explore. My Books: Best Easy Bike Rides Washington, DC, Mountain Biking the Washington DC/Baltimore Area and Mountain Biking Virginia describe nearly 100 great regional cycling destinations.
Each route includes complete directions, a map, a text description of the area you’ll be riding, the GPS coordinates of the Start/finish point, and color photos of at least one of the ride’s features. Also included is information on local restaurants, lodging, maps, bicycle shops, and other facilities for cyclists, as well as community resources.
The Ride With GPS (RWGPS) map below lists a collection of routes included in Best Bike Rides Washington DC, Best Easy Bike Rides, Washington DC, Mountain Biking Virginia and Mountain Biking the Washington DC/Baltimore Area. The map also includes routes and rides not documented in one of my books. Please Join my RWGPS Club account to gain access to member only routes, events, challenges and other member only benefits.
All documented rides in my books include detailed directions to the starting point of the ride, accurate maps, historic write-ups on the area/ride, regional information including points of contact, where to eat, stay, and other useful data to make the best out of your outing.
Honorable mentions include directions to the starting point and references to help you craft your own routes.