Scenic Route

Last night was the annual Santa Hat ride at the Tuesday Night Urban Assault. Ride leader, Scott Page of Full Moon Vista Bike & Sport, has dozens of Santa hats, custom modified to fit over bike helmets.

Traditionally, a collection is taken for a children’s charity and we drop off the money as part of [...]

When your bike starts shedding parts, it’s a good time to call it a night.

I left the Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride early tonight. The strangest combination of things caused a fender nut to come loose and rub annoyingly on the tire.

I have a bit of toe overlap on the Portland. Toe overlap [...]

During the TNUA tonight, I turned over 200 miles on the Portland. Everyone from Full Moon Vista asked how I like it. My standard reply? “I LOVE this bike.”

It was really great to be back on the TNUA tonight. I’ve missed this ride tremendously during the past six months. There are [...]

“So where is everybody?” asked one guy.

“I think they all stayed home to watch the President,” replied another.

“Don’t they know you can record that?” asked a third.

“Or that CNN will have it on perpetual replay for three days?” I added.

See? No mention was made of the weather. A smidge below freezing with snow isn’t [...]

I expected a small group for tonight’s Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride. It had rained on and off since yesterday afternoon, depending on which forecast you believed, we were in for just more rain or 5 inches of snow, and it was the day after a holiday.

Riding up Adams St I saw one rider [...]

My flabber was completely gasted tonight, when, as I was circling the the lot at the Adams St Recreation Center before the ride, I saw that Scott—Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride leader, owner of Full Moon Vista Bike and Sport, and promoter of the Saturn-Rochester Twilight Criterium—drove a car to the ride.

Sure, his bike was [...]

After a day of mostly sunshine and near-record high temperatures (60°F, 16°C), I expected a good turn-out at the Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride tonight. I was not disappointed. Sixty-six riders rode out from the Adams St Recreation Center tonight. It was a blast. Tonight was my favorite TNUA yet.

First we [...]

Monday was the official full moon, but last night was certainly close enough. That we could see the moon should tell you something. First, that we Rochesterians feel insecure when we’re not protected from the cosmos by a thick blanket of overcast, and second, that it was cold.

It wasn’t arctic as it’s been [...]

The weather turned nice as the day went on today. Nice, in Rochester, means there’s some sun. Nice, for a cyclist, means little wind. It was still only in the 30s, but it was nice on both counts.

It had dipped to freezing by the time I left the Tuesday Night Urban Assault [...]

Okay, I admit it. I haven’t ridden north to the lake before because I’ve been intimidated by the long, 400 feet of climbing back. It’s not steep—maybe 1% average for the whole thing. But it’s relentless.

And that’s exactly where tonight’s Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride went—Lakeshore Blvd. Any further north and [...]