Last Week Tonight in Bicycling
We biked a respectable 35 miles on Saturday. It was a beautiful day, with crystal blue skies. Our sense of respectability comes with our goal, riding Cycle Zydeco in Louisiana. This four-day tour comes...
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4/25/82 – Thank God for Daylight Savings Time! We spent a lot of time (and money) and enjoyed it. The tour is good, as is the food. Riding the River Road was enjoyable in the early afternoon. Just...
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4/26/82 – We made it! New Orleans just like I pictured it. We finally kicked off from La Pace. 61 was the pits as expected. Once we got in the city and figured out our way, things worked out well. …...
View ArticleDown on the Bayou
It is the morning of day four of Cycle Zydeco. Yesterday was tough, headwinds all the way. The wind got to everyone. One cyclist got into an argument with a volunteer and the cops were called. The...
View ArticleFriday Night Lights
The Friday of Labor Day weekend marks the beginning of the Gateway Cup bicycle races. This end of summer ritual is high season for cycling, what with the Bike MS ride occurring the following weekend....
View ArticleBike MS Recap
Well we’re done. This year’s Bike MS ride ended more with a whimper than not. Saturday was great! Perfect weather and even with our limited training this year, we still did well. The after ride party...
View ArticleForest for the Trees
Today is weigh-in day. Anne lost two pounds this week for a total of more than twenty pounds and I managed to not gain any weight this week, having lost 25+ pounds in total. As a percentage of total...
View ArticleBack on the Bikes… Finally!
After about a two-year hiatus, due to the pandemic, we got back on our bikes again. We stopped riding, because we didn’t want to have an accident that landed us in the ER during Covid. Feeling more...
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Forest for the Trees
Sequoia Forest for the Trees Today is weigh-in day. Anne lost two pounds this week for a total of more than twenty pounds and I managed to not gain any weight this week, having lost 25+ pounds in...
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Back on the Bikes… Finally!
Bike Path After about a two-year hiatus, due to the pandemic, we got back on our bikes again. We stopped riding, because we didn’t want to have an accident that landed us in the ER during Covid....
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Party Poopers
Goeppertia Well, that went about as well as you might suspect. Whether you yell fire in a crowded theater or announce Covid just before a dinner party in this winter of our discontent, the results are...
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Old Friends
Massa’s We met for dinner at Massa’s, an Italian restaurant and first impressions aside, what with this tarted up bit of art that first greeted us, also a family restaurant. There were six of us. One...
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Fat Tuesday
Mardi Gras Mask Today, in addition to being Jane’s birthday, it is also Mardi Gras. While marking the beginning of Lent, Mardi Gras is also a last hurrah. This year it falls in the middle of February....
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Back on the Bikes
I STL After a four-year lapse, Sunday, we got back on our bikes. In 2020 with Covid bearing down on us, we decided to put our bicycles away for the duration of the pandemic. We did not want to risk...
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Night Flight
Night Flight Last night was forecasted the storm of the century. Not a thunderstorm this time, but a geomagnetic storm. The northern lights were predicted. The news claimed that they would be visible...
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