Biking OLD

08/31/2026

Another reason to hate the Trump administration

The administration has revoked funding for bike paths, and encouraged removing some. A cycling advocate said it is playing on the idea of “that dork on a bike.”

10/20/2025

Hey folks, long time no see. I left you hanging after my injury, but continued the ride and finished on 9/2. For more info go to Ride Against War in GAZA. You can also check out my presentation tonight (Monday, 10/20 7 pm eastern time) at https://actionnetwork.org/events/peace-justice-conversations-riding-against-war-in-gaza-from-ca-to-nh?clear_id=true/ Hope to see you there!

Ride Against War on Gaza bicycles around the country to raise awareness of the slaughter in Gaza and the West Bank. The USA tour summer 2025 -- from SF to NH -- endorsed by Peace Action, AFSC and Veterans For Peace, started on May 28 and officially finished on September 2 in Portsmouth.  Bob Sa...

06/25/2025

I’m suspending my RAW GAZA USA tour due to the concussion suffered during a crash. I hope to resume in July in Minnesota.

06/01/2025

Ride Against War in GAZA

First big climb of my RAW GAZAX-USA tour

06/01/2025

Ride Against War in GAZA

06/01/2025

Inspiration point after near Orinda Ca with my fellow RAW GAZA cyclists. The climb was tough but the downhill was sweet. Only about 4000 miles to go

06/01/2025

First big climb of my RAW GAZAX-USA tour

05/30/2025

When I rode across the country 50 years ago I kept a journal Here is what I wrote on my first day of riding.
5/28/1975
San Jose to San Mateo
Long days journey into the sun
1) I was out of shape
2) I climbed a mountain
3) It was 96 degrees.
So all in all it was a miserable day. I made it to San Matteo but totally cutting out route 1. I’m staying with Tinka tomorrow to relax.
Adventures on the road. Leaving was a rushed and batched job. Marcia had to go to work so they dropped me off in San Jose where I had to pack up everything in the middle of a shopping center. I had to ride on a heavily traffic road. My first riding on Moody Road was tough – as steep as bad mountains in Pennsylvania – but it was early and I had energy. The day heated up and the flies came in swarms (but the Cutters, when I finally dug it out and used, it worked fantastic) I didn’t drink too much water, I didn’t take an easy and drove myself too hard. I got a headache and it was an overall “bad trip” despite the lovely scenery. At lunch, I stopped in this “commune” called “the land” only people didn’t eat collectively. I was offered some shriveled lettuce which could only make me sick. (I ate it like a fool). The people there were into advanced hippy stage. The barn was totally run down. The place a total anarchy.
Met up with another advanced hippy. Calls himself Woodstock. Doesn’t remember anything, carries around a yoga book and preaches natural foods.
Well, I finally got so sick that I had to stop. Stopping meant resting on graveled forest, with flies eating me up and cars whizzing by. I still couldn’t move for a half an hour. The sun was pounding down, so whenever I left my shaded area, I felt sick. I finally went to this house off the road. Everybody was naked. They asked me in, gave me apple juice, let me take a nap and were very considerate.
California is the most flipped out place I ever seen.

05/08/2025

20 more days before I fly to SF and bike home to NH. Ride Against War in GAZA

04/02/2025

My new Ride Against War on Gaza website (just click through that annoying access preview to the site!

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