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Vacationing locally is less stressful than long-distance travel and this = better! Morgan Hill, California, is a wonderful place to explore and spend some time. It can be fit into a 36-hour vacation or a weekend visit. Continue reading

Posted Feb 28, 2023 at Found By Bike

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Ride Crater Lake’s Rim: A Cycling ‘Experience of a Lifetime’

Crater Lake should be a bucket list destination ride for any road cyclist ready for a challenge in an unrivaled location. Imagine 33 miles of punishing climbs and sweeping downhill runs, 33 miles of roadway with more than 4,000 feet of elevation gain and rarely a flat stretch to be found. Continue reading

Posted Jun 1, 2022 at Found By Bike

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Stay Hydrated on These 10 Amazing Bicycle Events

Hydration Tips The Spring here in California is starting out very warm indeed! Here is Cycle California! Magazine’s PSA: When you go out for a ride, any ride, haul enough water to stay hydrated. But how much is enough? Think about where you're riding. Are you doing urban riding or... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2017 at Found By Bike

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Get Your Mojo on at Family Bike Camp

Spend a magical week with family at Oakland Feather River Camp riding the trails and roads around Quincy, California Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2017 at Found By Bike

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Eight things to see and do at the 2017 Sea Otter Classic

Just another bike festival? Monterey’s Sea Otter Classic has everything from kid-friendly events to tours, and racing for Pros to amateurs Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2017 at Found By Bike

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36 Hours: Exploring the Santa Ynez Valley

You have 36 hours to spend in the Santa Ynez Valley. Go! Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2017 at Found By Bike

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Eight Bike Movies to make Rainy Days more enjoyable

The deluge is on! Californians are exchanging hip waders for their bikes and staying at home to avoid the the crazy rain they’ve experienced. For those days when getting your mileage in just isn't appealing, we at Found by Bike suggest having a bike movie-a-thon with some or all of... Continue reading

Posted Feb 24, 2017 at Found By Bike

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How to Build Your Case after a Bike Crash

A repost from Bay Area Bicycle Law blog. Continue reading

Posted Feb 17, 2017 at Found By Bike

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Bike love + Book love: Eight Books about Bikes for Valentines Day

This year for Valentine's Day avoid the crowded restaurants and the cheesy cards -- sit in and pick up a good bike book! Continue reading

Posted Feb 14, 2017 at Found By Bike

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An homage to the World's Greatest American Racer

--and no, his name doesn’t begin with an L. Picture a time in America's distant past, when bicycle racing was the most popular sport in the U.S. (and the world), and while Europeans were into it, Americans and Australians were not that far behind. It was a time, between 1880... Continue reading

Posted Feb 3, 2017 at Found By Bike

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Keep Your New Year's Vows: Tips for Rainy Day Bike Riding

Here we are at the New Year and it’s raining. Raining like it hasn’t for a couple of years in drought-stricken California, so we tapped a few folks who ride all year long in regions that generally see WAY more inclement weather than California. You have your resolutions to maintain,... Continue reading

Posted Jan 18, 2017 at Found By Bike

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A New Year Dawns! Seasons Greetings from Found by Bike

Here's to a new year filled with safe riding and miles under your tires! Continue reading

Posted Dec 22, 2016 at Found By Bike

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Resetting Breakfast with a Squash Gratin

After spending last evening watching with horror the rantings of unhinged Facebook friends (and friends of friends), and then dreaming about the whole fiasco that was Election 2016, I woke up this morning thinking about making a hearty breakfast. But we didn’t have any potatoes (my usual go-to side dish... Continue reading

Posted Nov 12, 2016 at Luvs Good Food

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Bring the Cheer with These Holiday Bike Gift Solutions

Here we are in mid-November (well, almost), and the holidays are just -- about -- here. Have you thought about what you're giving your BBBs (Best Bicycling Buddies)? Well, we have some ideas for you. For this year's gift suggestions, we go warm and cozy. We also look at items... Continue reading

Posted Nov 10, 2016 at Found By Bike

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Better to be seen: Latest in bike light tech

Now that it's official and the shorter, darker days of autumn are here, let's think about how you light your way on your morning or evening bike commute. Allowing you to see and to be seen by distracted drivers, lights after dark are the law of the land in California.... Continue reading

Posted Nov 4, 2016 at Found By Bike

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Your bike, 36 hours, and you. What will you do?

You've been dropped into San Jose, California, for a sales meeting. The meeting doesn’t start until Wednesday, but your company’s cheapskate travel department found rock-bottom airfare into San Jose International Airport two days early. So, how will you spend your 36 hours in San Jose? You brought your folding bike... Continue reading

Posted Oct 21, 2016 at Found By Bike

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An Urban Taste of Ancient Egypt

For this week's Found by Bike, we go urban. Not offroad in the mountains as we did in Tahoe a few weeks ago or in South San Jose at Santa Teresa County Park as we did last week. This week, we take an urban roll through a portal to a... Continue reading

Posted Oct 6, 2016 at Found By Bike

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On the trail at San Jose's Santa Teresa County Park

We planned and wrote this post, then the Loma fire broke out across the ridge from Santa Teresa County Park. So, now would NOT be a good time to explore Santa Teresa. However, the park is wonderful most times of the year and offers quiet trails for hiking, biking and... Continue reading

Posted Sep 30, 2016 at Found By Bike

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Dancing on the Edge: Adventure in Tahoe South

As bicycle magazine publishers, we do spend a fair amount of time on the road during the century ride season in Northern California. As the season winds down we usually hit our last major trip of the year: Tahoe South, for Bike the West's Tour de Tahoe: Bike Big Blue.... Continue reading

Posted Sep 22, 2016 at Found By Bike

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Team Novo Nordisk inspires Audience to Stay Active

Team Novo Nordisk's Javier Megias (ESP) and Stephen Clancy (IRL). Photo courtesy of TDWSport This week's guest post was written by David Bodick, of the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch (NEOPB), California Department of Public Health In May, three racers from Team Novo Nordisk reached out during a visit... Continue reading

Posted Aug 18, 2016 at Found By Bike

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Out and about at Almaden Quicksilver County Park

The lazy and indeed hazy, days of summer are coming to a close. Here in the Bay Area, children are back in school and families don't have as much leisure time together, but they still have their weekends. May I suggest using part of a weekend to get out and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2016 at Found By Bike

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Blues, food and fun at Poor House Bistro

San Jose, California is home to the Poor House Bistro, PHB, one of the best places for New Orleans-style food and blues music. Jay Menduri, proprietor of PHB, has created an environment that is comfortable, exciting, and fun. The restaurant is in a neo-classical house built in the early 1900s... Continue reading

Posted Aug 7, 2016 at Luvs Good Food

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Easy clean: 10 tips for taking care of your bike

You have spent the summer adventuring around on your bike and it probably needs a little care and attention about now. We at Found by Bike want to remind you bike maintenance is important and can be as simple as cleaning your bike. This bike needs a bath! You could... Continue reading

Posted Jul 28, 2016 at Found By Bike

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Add a Little Wild West to your Bike Ride: Genoa, Nevada

For us, a trip to Markleeville, California, for the Death Ride in July always includes a stay in Gardnerville, in Nevada’s Carson River Valley. While there, one of our favorite side trips is a roll to the pioneer town of Genoa, a pleasant bike ride, about 8.5 miles away. For... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2016 at Found By Bike

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Outdoors on the Bay: Alviso Marina by Bike

In our continuing effort to explore the world outside our front door, I signed us up for a free bike ride from the Alviso Marina through the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge. The flat, 9 mile bike ride takes place once a month, is put on by Santa Clara County... Continue reading

Posted Jul 9, 2016 at Found By Bike

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