Cousins Cycling 2 Crush Cancer

Today was one of those days that makes you wonder why everyone isn’t out here riding across the country. We rolled out in a perfect 63 degrees, wrapped things up at a toasty‑but‑friendly 81, and spent the day on actual rollers — those rare hills that return most of what they borrow. We even had… read more

Happy Thursday, y’all! Jeff and I are still “Riding Our Bikes Across the Country,” though at this point, my legs are starting to suspect I’ve joined a cult. It’s Day 33 of 45, and today we tackled 89 miles from St. Francisville to Franklinton, LA. The weather was gorgeous, and the country roads featured “rolling… read more

Day 32 started the way many day-after-the-day-after-a-rest-day starts: cautiously optimistic… and slightly suspicious. Two days earlier we’d rested. The day after that? Chaos. Four flats, my right leg throwing a tantrum, John’s left leg staging its own protest. At some point we realized that if you combined us carefully, we’d make one fully functioning cyclist.… read more

We rolled out of the hotel this morning into air so cool and crisp it felt like a fresh start for the soul. At 48°F, there was a definite bite to the breeze, but we were layered up and ready. Besides, we knew the secret: the forecast promised a climb into the low 70s, and… read more

Stats so far Miles: 1,975 miClimbing: 45,075 ftTime in the Saddle: 139h 05mNumber of songs played: approximately 2,241 read more

Today is Easter. That probably isn’t news to you. It wasn’t news to us either. We knew months ago that Day 29 of this ride would land squarely on Easter, and we signed up anyway. No calendar surprises here. And yet… it felt really strange. We rode about 80 miles today, from Lumberton, TX to… read more

Four weeks. 28 days. Roughly 1.2 million pedal strokes (don’t fact-check me on that). It is hard to believe we’ve been rolling across the country for a solid month. Tomorrow morning, we roll out of this hotel, and by the afternoon, we will be officially rolling out of Texas. Now, don’t get me wrong, Texas… read more

Day 27 started with ambition. Bold, naïve ambition. Roll time for Group One was 8:00 a.m., which meant being at the van before that—with bike, suitcase, backpack, and whatever dignity I had left—ready for the pre‑ride briefing. Somewhere along the way, the John Bug bit me, because I woke up at 6:15 a.m. like a… read more

After 25 days of pedaling across the country, you might think we’d have run out of things to talk about. But the magic of an extended adventure is that there’s always something new to catch your eye—or test your resolve—just around the next bend. Today, we woke up to the one thing every cyclist “loves”… read more

I briefly considered doing an April Fools’ joke for today’s post… but since this won’t go live until late on April 1st, it would land awkwardly. Which, honestly, might be its own kind of joke. Either way: welcome to April. Somehow, unbelievably, John and I are still out here riding our bikes across the country.… read more