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Apparently, Purdue University is tired of all the abandoned bikes on campus. In a Journal & Courier article today, University Residences Administration Director Bob Heitert cautioned non-riders to leave their bikes at home: He said the one item he discourages, … Continue reading →

It’s only six weeks since the summer solstice, but with DST in effect, it’s dark! (I promise that I’ll quite complaining about DST in Indiana someday) For most of my hour, it was headlight required. While riding the River Road/Campus … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Lafayette’s local news channel had a story on training for bicycle patrolmen. I think that bike based police are a great addition to local forces, but I don’t understand the training. In one excercise, the officer jumped off the … Continue reading →

The neighbor and I took a morning ride before breakfast. After heading west to Kalberer Road and north to Montmorenci, we turned east to stop by his vet for some prescription cat food. Even after an embarrassing navigation error on … Continue reading →

It feels good to be back to my usual weekday routine – riding to and from work and taking pictures of horses on the way home. Miles Ridden: 8.3

It’s been almost a week, and I haven’t yet written about my RAGBRAI trip. I had been thinking about writing a long post with lots of details, but I just can’t find it in me. Instead, I’ll post some pics … Continue reading →

Sunrise on the Power LinesIn my haste to pack my bag this morning, rather than including one pair of shoes, I instead packed two left shoes. Lucky for me one of the shoes was wide enough to fit on my … Continue reading →

The total for this month is 304.8 miles. Now, normally I’d be pretty happy with that total, but remember that over half of that amount came from three days in Iowa last week. Weather, family commitments, travel, and general lethargy … Continue reading →

One of the things that got me started in reading biking blogs and eventually starting this one was reading about other riders. A couple of sites that I frequent offer profiles of riders, including I Bike T.O. featuring riders in … Continue reading →

I’m back from my 2½ days of RAGBRAI. Details to follow. Miles Ridden: 162.0