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October 2025

Your First Solo Tour Is the Ride That Changes You
Guiding You Through the Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Riding Alone
 • Tom Bilcze
The Legacy of the Ride to Pittsburgh, Where Rivers and History Meet
West Newton to Pittsburgh |Daily Miles: 38 |Tour Miles: 357
 • Tom Bilcze
Finding E-bike Joy as a Tourist Who Cycles VS. a Cyclist Who Tours
Confluence to West Newton |Daily Miles: 54 |Tour Miles: 319
 • Tom Bilcze
20 Years After My Heart Attack, I Met My Past Self on the Trail
Frostburg to Confluence |Daily Miles: 47 |Tour Miles: 265
 • Tom Bilcze
Conversations in Solitude with the Trail and the Sycamores
Paw Paw to Frostburg | Daily Miles: 46 | Tour Miles: 218
 • Tom Bilcze
A perfect day on the trail isn’t perfect unless there’s a challenge
Williamsport to Paw Paw |Daily Miles: 60 |Tour Miles: 172
 • Tom Bilcze
Riding Into Life: Lessons From an E-Bike and a Diner Counter
Harpers Ferry to Williamsport |Daily Miles: 43 |Tour Miles: 112
 • Tom Bilcze
Finding Beauty in Nature at the Speed of a Bike
Georgetown to Harpers Ferry |Daily Miles: 63 |Tour Miles
 • Tom Bilcze
Journeys Begin in Memory: The First Miles, Travel, and Family
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Georgetown |Daily Miles: 6 |Tour Miles: 6
 • Tom Bilcze
The Unhurried Mile Journal: Joy and Purpose from D.C. to Pittsburgh
Seventy-one years old, seven rides across the familiar trails, still discovering what the journey has to say.
 • Tom Bilcze
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