This one in from Mike L. It’s been in my inbox for a few weeks. Seems this back-to-school thing has kept me busy. Ski Condo to Bellevue, WA, Ride Report, August 1, 2010. Clare and I had a big breakfast in the flatlands and drove up the hill in her Jeep. Temperatures were in the [...]

From: BG Jonny, Bart from the ragby, biker down in Cedar Rapids, IA easterniowanewsnow.com/…bicyclist-has-serious-head-injuries-after-accident. Ms. DeSotel died as a result of her injuries. Susan M. DeSotel, 51, of 1818 Washington Ave SE, died Monday, August 2, 2010, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from injuries suffered in a bicycle accident July 29. Funeral Mass [...]

The Seattle adventure is not near done. I found old friends, as well as fall-in-lap employment, in Central. 1st Hill – an interesting, quirky area full of hospitals. Been riding a lot of pavement, both rough and smooth.  Just there to observe, I got a chance to see the work handed down by dispatch at [...]

Jason Lummis was run down by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike down Dexter-Pinckney Road on Wednesday night. As a member of the Bell’s Brewery Quiring Cycling Team, Jason was riding home from work at Great Lakes Cycling and Fitness, when police say, he was hit from behind at the intersection of Fleming Road [...]

New Ann Arbor non-profit fundraising to buy tools to fix bicycles for free Molly Kleinman says Ann Arbor was overdue for a group like Common Cycle. The non-profit, which launched in February, aims to provide education and tools to area cyclists so broken brakes or flat tires won’t keep people from biking any longer. “The [...]

“Dawn Patrol” is a term I picked up a few weeks ago on a surf trip to southern California. It is what my friends used to describe that time first thing in the morning when most people aren’t up yet and we go on “patrol” for good waves and small lineups.  It looked a little something [...]

My plan was to ride early. If I’m to get out on the bike, that is the only time it’s going to work. It’s hot as all hell in Phoenix this time of year, so most of the daylight hours are a bust. My daughters have a swim lesion at 8:30 am, and we have [...]

Sat down to read a pilfered copy of Sports Illustrated this morning, and saw something interesting in the “Go Figure” section, where the fine folks at SI are kind enough to provide the readers with sports related numbers which I guess are supposed to provide the readers with something to ponder.  The picture is courtesy [...]

Yesterday, a woman riding in the Pelotonia Tour (for cancer research) was struck and killed when a truck decided not to stop at the intersection where a state trooper was directing traffic. This happened pretty close to me, in Hocking Hills. Michelle Kazlausky, 57, of Reynoldsburg was killed in the crash, said Patrol Sgt. Max [...]

About 5 months ago, I told the City of Mt. Vernon and the Mayor, Bud Norris, in a very professional, well written letter, that the very busy boulevard College Way is dangerous for cyclists, while there is a bike path that is a gorgeous green bike haven parallel to it, in fact, a short cut.  [...]

A while back, I was holding down the bar with everybody’s favorite Gnome and he was telling me about all the riding he has been getting to do lately. I was a little more than jealous. Although I’m having my fair share of fun, my tires have not been hitting the dirt very much lately. In the [...]

That should read “Es is S.I.S.” Schlaflos im Sattel 2010. (Sleepless in the Saddle) SiS 2010 It was planned as a two-man, nine-hour race. It ended up being less, and yet so much more. I was invited to take the place of the second man on a two-man team. Cleveland (wunnspeed) was looking for someone [...]