Author Archives: dgentry

There weren’t too many votes this morning on yesterday’s poll, but the two that had responded agreed that I should ride everywhere – sweating be damned. So I did, and it was a great day!

OK, so here’s the deal. Tomorrow looks to be a great day for a bike commute – cool in the AM, warm and sunny all day. However, I have a 9am meeting on the north side of town. It’s about … Continue reading →

My local coffee shop is raising funds to provide cargo bikes to Rwandan coffee farmers. Apparently, coffee is the major small farm crop in the country. I wonder if they will auction the bike at some point. Could be a … Continue reading →

Since I started keep detailed ride records, back in March 2005, I’ve ridden at least one ride each month. That is, until last month. Because of all kinds of reasons, but mostly mood issues, I didn’t hop on the saddle … Continue reading →

I like hitting a coffee shop on weekend mornings. I take my laptop, find a quiet table, and get some work done on personal projects. This weekend I tried the Greyhouse in the village. Pretty nice place. Saturday Miles Ridden: … Continue reading →

I haven’t been writing much lately, because I haven’t been riding much lately. However, there have been a few rides this month: May 4: 9.0May 4: 7.0May 5: 6.5May 11: 7.0May 12: 7.0May 29: 8.2 Total Miles Ridden: 44.7

Depending on the route, my ride to the Wabash Landing shopping center is about five miles. Since I’ve been spending my weekend mornings of late using the free WiFi at Panera to work on a programming project, I thought I … Continue reading →

The plan was to ride to work today, maybe cycle somewhere for lunch, and then back home after 5:00. Instead, I ended up leaving very late after chasing the dog around the neighborhood, and arrived about a half an hour … Continue reading →

Not much time after work today, but I was able to ride north on 400W up to US52 and back. However, my heavy panting after climbing the small hill on 375W caused me to get hiccups. How do you get … Continue reading →

With these early Spring days that are either cold and wet, windy and cold, or -um- windy and wet, I feel that I need to take advantage of every warm, dry, slightly breezy day that comes along. Today was such … Continue reading →