Comments for Dan on Bike

Comment on From the North by The Spokesrider

The Spokesrider — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:45:04 +0000

Thanks for the map. That will come in handy.

Comment on From the North by Dan

Dan — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:19:01 +0000

It’s actually called the Cattail Trail, and it travels from Hadley Lake to the western edge of the Purdue Campus. I’ve marked a map in GMaps here – Cattail Trail.
From 500N, take Morehouse Road SE to the trail crossing.

One could also take 50W south from 500N, which becomes Salisbury Street in the city. A bike lane is painted for pretty much the entire length of the street – although it is usually blocked on trash day.

Comment on From the North by The Spokesrider

The Spokesrider — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:06:58 +0000

No bicycling for me in Tippecanoe County this year, but it’s interesting that there is something called the Celery Trail up on the north side of town. I usually end up riding CR 500 to some point in the west, and then south. Sometimes it would be better to find a route through West Lafayette. But I can’t find that Celery Trail on my maps, and can’t seem to get Google Maps to tell me about it, either. Is its location a closely kept secret?

Comment on Goals – An Update by Tim

Tim — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:27:46 +0000

My understanding is that spoke life is such that once they start breaking, they’ll keep breaking. And by the the replacements start breaking, the sidewall is then compromised and thinned out and henceforth the rim should be replaced. But what do I know? Not much.

Comment on Multi-Modal (again) by Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:42:58 +0000

Mmmm… Sgt. Preston’s…. I miss that place.

I say wear the suit. Of course, I’m posting this a day late so my advice isn’t at all helpful.

Comment on Goals – An Update by Dan

Dan — Thu, 19 May 2011 00:06:21 +0000

John Cherry’s expertise is sorely missed here in the Lafayette area.

I always get good service from Hodson’s Bay Company across the river in West Lafayette. I haven’t yet visited Old School Cycles, but I’ve heard good things.

Comment on Goals – An Update by The Spokesrider

The Spokesrider — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:57:29 +0000

Dan, I’m glad to see you’re riding and blogging again. I see that I have some catching up to do.

I almost missed a comment of yours at Spokesrider because it ended up in the spam queue. I retrieved it and posted a reply, but also tried to send you an e-mail, which bounced back. So maybe that’s why your comment ended up in the spam queue.

As to broken spokes, in May 2001 I had been plagued with them for about a year. On my first-ever ride into Lafayette, on a cold and rainy night, I found I had another broken spoke. I ended up taking the bike to John Cherry’s shop — picked it out of the phone book. He was kind enough to take my bike right away since I was a tourer passing through. I haven’t had a broken spoke since. There are some good bike shops where I live, but no good wheel builders like John Cherry.

Some years later I took the same wheel back to him — it was no longer true. He no longer had his shop, but operated out of his home. He told me that he could true it, but it would probably not stay true, and showed me signs of metal fatigue. So I had him build me a new one, which has been good ever since. He does good work, but I’m not sure he’s even in the bicycle business any more.

Comment on Nice Move by John

John — Thu, 12 May 2011 01:57:34 +0000

I think the proper response is “smooth move, ex-lax”.

Comment on Nice Move by Mandie

Mandie — Wed, 11 May 2011 05:27:14 +0000

Hi, I came across your site and wasn’t able to get an email address to contact you. Would you please consider adding a link to my website on your page. Please email me back and we’ll talk about it.

Thanks!

Mandie Hayes
mandie.hayes10@gmail.com

Comment on Construction Update by Apertome

Apertome — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:02:25 +0000

Looks like a fun ride! I love riding on foggy days like that one.