Riding the Vineman route and lots of hills
PD staff writer Bob Norberg, who is gearing up for this fall’s GranFondo, writes about riding with Vineman athletes and the views along the way.
Are you and your bicycle a good match?
PD staff writer Bob Norberg, who is gearing up for this fall’s GranFondo, writes about the importance of a good-fitting bicycle and how to find one.
Are you part of the ‘peloton of Peter Pans’?
PD staff writer Bob Norberg, who is gearing up for this fall's GranFondo, writes about the growing number of over-50 cyclists.
IN HIGH GEAR: End of the road
PD writer Bob Norberg's final words on the GranFondo. Mission accomplished?
IN HIGH GEAR: Training daze
By Bob Norberg The Press Democrat Tuesday morning was the last ride before the medio fondo, an 18.6 mile trek on West Dry Creek Road and Geyserville Road, 13 mph average, 31.6 mph max, an hour and 26 minutes. I was at a slow, sightseers pace to keep my legs [...]
IN HIGH GEAR: School of fish finding the way
More from PD reporter Bob Norberg's training dispatches: "It’s Thursday and I am riding in a comfort zone, familiar roads and familiar hills in Dry Creek and Alexander valleys, the emotional equivalent of Mrs. Kaiser’s meat loaf, gravy and mashed potatoes from my grammar school cafeteria."
IN HIGH GEAR: Less than two weeks until the GranFondo
PD reporter Bob Norberg's training dispatches continue. This week: Piling up the miles, 58.2 on Saturday, with a 650-foot climb up the first three miles of Pine Flat Road in the Mayacamas just to warm the legs up.
IN HIGH GEAR: New sights on West Dry Creek Road
PD reporter Bob Norberg continues his blog dispatches as he prepares for the GranFondo. Follow along.
IN HIGH GEAR: Fondo dry run, ha!
PD writer Bob Norberg's latest update: We should have known from the beginning Sunday morning that we were going to get wet. It was billed as a Levi Leipheimer King Ridge GranFondo preview, a dry run for the Oct. 9 event. Ha!
IN HIGH GEAR: GranFondo anticipation growing
PD reporter Bob Norberg continues his dispatches from the road as he trains for the King Ridge GranFondo. Follow along with Bob.
