Andrea’s blog inspired quite a lengthy comment from me. I even told her that I should be posting it on my blog since I’m experiencing a little writer’s block. I wasn’t really going to do it, but changed my mind shortly after clicking the submit button.
Andrea wrote about Lance Armstrong’s comeback and referred [...]
Category Archive for 'Cyclists'
Blogging has its own little community. A person starts a blog and shares it with his or her friends. Then, that person checks out the links on his or her friends’ blogs and finds that he or she is suddenly checking out several blogs. This happened to me.
One day, while reading Ali’s [...]
Cyclocross Recap: Choco Cross
Posted in Cyclists, Cyclocross, Racing on Oct 6th, 2008
We travelled to “Tom’s house” for the fourth race in our UP Cyclocross Series. It was a beautiful, sunny day complete with bikes, brew, and burgers and brats on the grill. Yes, cross is done with style in our neck of the woods.
I had a great race. I also had a bit of [...]
Ghost Bikes Are Sadly Common
Posted in Advocacy, Commuting, Cyclists, Road on Oct 4th, 2008
The battle between cyclists and drivers continues, and it even worsens in some areas where driving is the predominant mode of transportation, as in Southeast Michigan. With high fuel prices and a dragging economy, the bicycle has become a popular mode of transportation. Unfortunately, many roads were not built with the cyclist in [...]
I am a Fat Cyclist fan. I discovered the Fat Cyclist through Ali’s blog.
Fatty’s Fat Cyclist Fake News Service recently published a story about Lance Armstrong’s return to pro cycling. What I found particularly noteworthy about this blog post is one of the notes at the bottom citing Fatty’s interview in the September [...]
Social Network? No. Social Hurricane.
Posted in Advocacy, Bike Clubs, Cyclists, Lifestyle, Mountain Biking on Sep 7th, 2008
One of the interesting things about the Internet is the vast network of people out there. I’ve met a lot of those people through the MMBA. Unfortunately, I’ve met most of those people during races and related social events when crowd hopping is a necessity.
For example, I was deliriously happy at [...]
Inner Turmoil
Posted in Cyclists, Mountain Biking on Aug 8th, 2008
I wanted to return to Copper Harbor, today, for several reasons:
* Many of my friends were there;
* It is the place to ride;
* A music festival raising money for the new stage was the event of the weekend;
* It is the last weekend our AmeriCorps group was staying, and I wanted to say goodbye.
I headed [...]