Moronacity Cycling Journal » Commuting
Breakthrough Riding on a Regular Commute
Today was another commuting day, but something was different. It was the first time I’ve ridden my bike since my race on Sunday. I switched out my cross tires for my road tires and found myself running ten minutes late. I was already planning to not show up for my 9 a.m. class. Then I proved something to myself that I already knew: my road tires were faster. Oh, yes. I was faster. Suddenly I felt really good and decided to see how fast I could get to Hancock. There was a method to the madness. It wasn’t an all out sprint uphill for six miles, no. I can’t do that. However, I chose to do a series … Read entire article »
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Give Me Wings, Or Give Me Wheels!
When I was a kid, I used to have a dream that ended with me flying through the air like Superman. It didn’t matter that I was only flying two feet above the ground. Oddly enough, it was in the direction of my favorite park. A little bird was caught in my porch the other day. He watched me go out through the door, and later tried it himself. I recalled that … Read entire article »
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My First Week of Bicycle Commuting
This was my first week bicycle commuting. It’s still winter time in the Upper Peninsula. There is about twenty inches of snow lingering in my yard. This is after several days of melting and minimal snowfall in between. Our roads are full of stamp sand and some icy spots. The night after a snowfall, there is no sidewalk to ride on along M41. I can’t ride those days. It’s too dangerous with the high volume of traffic along this highway, and I must ride two small sections of 41. Monday followed a long weekend of meltdown. I prepped the cyclocross bike and filled my backpack with a change of clothes, a notebook, and a calculator. I wasn’t toting my college … Read entire article »
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BikeStyle
You may have noticed the BIKESTYLE links to the right. I’ve decided to link to a few web sites that promote cycling as part of the everyday lifestyle. In the winter of 2006, I had the great pleasure of moving to a small town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It most certainly is not a small town by UP standards, but it is tiny by everyone else’s, even though, between the two cities on either … Read entire article »
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