New Years Day 2011 was cold, clear and sunny.  I set out across the plain to Travesio, arriving in one hour (27.7 km).   From here the road...

Lightly overcast and cold when I left, but after Budoia, the skies turned blue and sunny.  Lots of cyclists out today, despite the frigid we...

Finally the rain stops and blue skies return!  On the flip side, the temp's around 0℃.  Much new snow on the mountains, so I headed for ...

2010 is coming to an end, so before I flip the calendar page I wanted to say what a wonderful year it's been. The mild weather and goo...

Sunny cold morning.   Enjoyed seeing many groups of riders coming up from the plains on Via Pedemontane Occidentale.  Descended to Gorgazzo ...

Another fortnight of pouring rain, and finally a day of clear skies.  I headed down Via Pedemontana Occidentale, past Aviano at 129 meters, ...

After a couple of rainy days, today was merely overcast and cold.  So I jumped on the bike and headed for the plains. After a fast spin th...

Yesterday the previsione called for 20 cm of snow at 300 meters.  Luckily, the snow stayed above 400-500 meters, while at 300 meters we only...

I've ridden this once or twice before in Summer , but never this late in the year.  But no rain or snow in the forecast, so why not? A...

Another 2 weeks of rain and finally a chance to ride- still overcast, but at least no rain.  I thought I'd climb from Villa di Villa to ...

It's rained for two weeks straight.   Today it was foggy and drizzly here, but the  forecast called for clear skies in Alpago. I drove...

Today's the last day of sunshine for awhile, so I headed up Passo Monte Rest .  I was a little worried the pass might be snowed-over bec...

After a week of rain I was eager to hit the road on this sunny morning.  Unfortunately while it was raining down here, it was snowing in the...

I was delighted to read on  Italian Cycling Journal  that the 2011 Giro d'Italia will include a climbing time trial from Belluno to Neve...

Sun popped out today after a few days of rain.  The mountains out back are capped with snow.  So I decided I should stay at low elevation t...

I've been sick with a cold or flu all week, but now my fever broke, it's beautiful out and it's time to ride. This climb starts...