This is how I roll. And this is why.

Why do I ride AIDS/LifeCycle? Because of the pandemic — the less visible pandemic that we’ve been fighting for 40 years. I ride because for everyone who thinks that they’ve survived the AIDS pandemic, there are people who are touched by it every day. It’s not just the people facing AIDS itself, but the people…

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Togetheride: Step up. Be a hero with me.

AIDS/LifeCycle isn’t happening in 2021, thanks to Ms. Rona. Bitch. Still, everyone needs a hero once in a while, whether that’s someone offering smile, a reassuring word, or a hand up. Especially today. We all need one at some point, and we can all return the favor. In the end, that’s what AIDS/LifeCycle is all…

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O Gronlund: You suck. We love you.

There’s this road that our sadist captain insists on taking us up once or twice a year. Gronlund Road, near Carver Boat Ramp along the Clackamas River. Our latest adventure was last weekend.

That Goldilocks ride west of Hillsboro

It wasn’t too cold. It wasn’t too hilly. It wasn’t too long. It wasn’t too rainy. (OK, maybe it was, but it also wasn’t too sunny.) Today’s ride out west of Hillsboro had lots of everything but not too much of anything. It was one of those rides where I needed sunglasses, two pairs of…

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Comfortably numb: 68 miles, 38°

It’s been a while since I rode 68 miles, and I don’t think I’ve ever done it in such chilly weather. The last time I had a ride that long was August 2019, in the FUBAR Century of Excellence and Friendship, which was actually 130 miles from Los Angeles to San Diego. I think that…

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World AIDS Day: Reflecting on why I ride AIDS/LifeCycle

Today, Team Portland commemorated World AIDS Day. It really got me thinking about why I choose to ride. It’s alarming how disparate the prognosis is depending on who you are, where you live, and what means you have.

Let’s do this thing. Again.

ALC 2019 was the best thing I’ve ever done. So bring on 2020. Today was our kickoff ride — the official start of training for AIDS/LifeCycle 2020. The fact that the start of training is in early October should tell you all you need to know about the ride’s California roots… but the weather was…

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545 miles: looking back. And forward.

So I finished my first AIDS/LifeCycle last week. I know that I said that I’d try to blog every day, and I was able to keep up for the first few days, but the scarcity of both reliable internet access and energy as the week wore on made that objective less than realistic. (Not to…

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