DARREN COPE

My last post talked about our awesome ride up the Appalachian Gap on Saturday. You can read that here, and earlier posts here. Post Appalachian Gap, we headed to the ‘big city’ for a tour of the Magic Hat Brewery in Burlington. Right away, we noticed that the place was jammed. We could barely find [...]

Yes, updates are few and far between. My apologies. For those keeping track, I’m still working on documenting our trip to Vermont for “Tour de Brew 2011.” Check out the rest of the story here. I left off talking about our hike up Mt. Mansfield, and our encounter with momma moose and her baby. I [...]

I just completed my quick little ride to work on the single speed, and managed to draft a tanker truck almost the whole way! I realize this is probably not safe, and I’m not recommending it. Don’t let your kids do it.  Heck, don’t do it yourself; I probably shouldn’t. However, it’s a hell of [...]

After our morning spend riding Smuggler’s Notch (See Part I), we took a bit of a break before heading out for a hike up Mt. Mansfield. Mt. Mansfield is the highest point in Vermont, reaching an elevation of 4393 feet.  We decided to take the “Long Trail” from Smuggler’s Notch with a goal of reaching [...]

“Tour de Brew” has been over for more than a week, and I’m writing down my thoughts to ease the withdrawal… Before I jump into the story, let me back up a few steps. “Tour de Brew” is the name given to our own little cycling and micro-brew sampling trip to the lovely state of [...]