Daily Travails
Crashing Out…
As a kid growing up in the rural Northwest of England I was, like all the other kids, pretty much inseparable from my bike. We rode our bikes everywhere, almost all of the time. It was the only way to get efficiently from A to B around the small neighborhood. Longer...
Ride Report – Overnight Trip to Stockbridge WI.
I think my trip-planning is becoming more and more half-hearted, and it's a concern. Let me explain: I started this whole cycling thang primarily to break loose from the vice-like grip of the couch and to shed some flab going into the latter stages of a long and...
Anniversary Bash
I started this cycling nonsense on May 5th 2014. It really started in earnest when I bought a new iPhone (my first ever 'smart' phone) and downloaded the 'MapMyRide' app. My first recorded activity on the app was on Sunday May 4th when I took a 3 mile walk. On Monday...
Friday The 13th.
How does that old joke go? - The woman is lying down on the psychiatrist's couch and the shrink asks: "Do any of your family members suffer from mental illness?" To which she replies: "No, they all seem to enjoy it". Though it's not good to make light of these things...
One Last Hoorah?
It is with great sadness that I must report that Spring has reared its ugly head in these here parts, and my precious snow-trails are looking rather precarious, from an existence point of view. It doesn't seem to be fair to suffer the excruciating hardship of a winter...
The Sunset Trail – Fish Creek
Winter cycling via fat bike on the park trails in Wisconsin….catching the sunset on the Bay of Green Bay with an iPhone 5s.
Jan 22 Ride at Newport State Park
I loaded up the SUV and hauled the fattie up to Newport Park, a 45 minute drive versus the 10 minutes it takes me to hit Peninsula.
I kinda like Newport. It’s Door County’s armpit and I rarely see people up there….
Fat Tire Bikes in Snow.
A year ago had you asked me to describe snow I would’ve said it’s cold and white and gets in the top of your slippers when you’re taking the garbage out to the pavement. But it turns out that there’s a lot more to snow than meets the eye……
The Joys of Winter Cycling…
I ride my bike in the winter not to stand-out and impress those around me, but to perpetuate my own internal suffering. Take Sunday, for example. We’ve had some cold and snow over the past couple weeks, but Sunday was forecast to be dry and a little warmer than average. So I set out on a road ride around noon……
Hunting Season
The low down on riding bikes in State Parks during hunting season, or – how not to get shot…
