This 35 mile route visiting three lighthouses in three towns, Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven and Edgartown, is textbook Martha's Vineyard Mixed Terrain! It's so much more than just a gravel ride in every possible way! You'll be riding on town roads, rural roads, bikelanes, bikepaths, back roads, dirt roads, doubletrack, easy singletrack and more! You … Continue reading 3 Lighthouses in 3 Towns Tour. Spicy Gravel Route!
Author: elchillywilly
I have loved bicycles since I could ride them and am now trying to make a living fixing, promoting and advocating bicycles and riding bicycles. Please support my tiny shop in Key West and the larger one on the interwebs at chillysbicycleshop.com! I love being semi-lost and having just enough of a plan to be safe but open to anything. If you enjoyed any of the blurry photos or survive the awful writings, please leave a message or two, it means a lot! Now go for a ride!
3 Lighthouses in 3 Towns Tour. The Paved Route
Got slicks? We got you! This 33? mile route, takes advantage of the island's system of bikepaths and quaint roads to visit the towns of Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven and Edgartown, as well as a lighthouse in each of them. It also features farms, farmstands, forests, water views and countless places to eat, shop or … Continue reading 3 Lighthouses in 3 Towns Tour. The Paved Route
Welcome to the Internet!
Welcome to the internet home of iLoveridingBicycles! This website is currently in the bikestand getting a tune up and some new components, but I’m stoked you’re checking it out. I am building an old school website that I hope folks will find entertaining and super informative. Take a ride around the website, if ya like … Continue reading Welcome to the Internet!
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Menemsha Bike Ferry
One of the highlights of riding bicycles Up Island during the Summer is taking the Bike Ferry between Menemsha and Aquinnah. It is $5 a trip and only for bicycles and people, no cars! Hugh Taylor began the ferry in 1990 and it remains as one of the beloved, quirky things that really makes the … Continue reading Menemsha Bike Ferry
Beautiful Roads in Aquinnah
https://youtu.be/dQ5o9WAkNa4 We took out a pair of the Salsa Journeyers from All Star Bike Rentals in Oak Bluffs for an adventure ride! After loading the gravel bikes onto our tray-style rack, we drove and parked in Menemsha. Parking was lucky, but our back-up plan was parking at the Menemsha Shuttle parking lot on Tabor House … Continue reading Beautiful Roads in Aquinnah
Trip Reports!
Please pardon the grease, the website is in the workstand and getting a full rebuild! The Trip Reports page is in decent shape, enjoy some reading and travel the world!
MonDayNightRidesKeyWest
A weekly sunset-ish 28-60 mile bicycle ride, 12-15mph up the Keys that currently only happens in February and March. Slower than the morning spandex rides, but not a cruiser bar crawl around downtown either. MDNRKW usually ride up the Keys to Fish Camp or Sugar Shack Market, but occasionally they ride up to the Jumping … Continue reading MonDayNightRidesKeyWest
Nantucket October 2024
Night Riding Home from Radio Farm
Jenn bombing through the woods, riding home after a show at Radio Farm. It was almost completely bikepath, biketrail and durt roads alll the way home. The show was amazeballs, Johnny Cruz, a founding member of Entrain, performed a few songs including "Shine On"!
