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Full Moon on Lake Okeechobee

July 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments

I’ve been telling my riding partner, Osa, how nice it is to ride the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail (LOST) for months, but weather and schedules have kept us from going out until this weekend. Sunday night was supposed to be a Full Moon, so I thought it would be a perfect introduction for her. Rain [...]

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Bro Mark Sees Three Men in Fiery Furnace

July 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

A ride report from my brother Mark in St. Louis: Matt, on his visit to St. Louis, was nice enough to give me a bike jersey that he and his A/B riders wear on occasion. It’s the “On Your Mark” jersey. The weather that I had been waiting for came this week and I pulled [...]

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Sunset Palm Beach Bicycle Ride

July 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Osa called at 5 P.M. and said, “How about a ride around 6:30? Sounded good to me, even if the hit index was in the mid-90s. The great thing about evening rides is that they only get cooler. My Surly Long Haul Trucker seemed a little hard to pull out of it’s airconditioned shed. I [...]

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My 1.9 Mile Ride in Cape Girardeau

July 6th, 2010 · 5 Comments

When I headed back to Cape Girardeau for my 60s Decade High School Reunion, I stuck my Surly Long Haul Trucker in the back of the van. June in Missouri ought to make for great riding, right? As it turned out, I hauled the LHT about 2,200 miles to ride it a whopping 1.9 miles. [...]

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Bike Riding to St. Louis Chain of Rocks Bridge

May 13th, 2010 · 5 Comments

There’s been some discussion on the phred bike touring list lately about crossing the Mississippi River on the old Chain of Rocks Bridge between Missouri and Illinois. I rode up the riverfront and across the bridge with Bro Mark in 2004. I’m getting ready to head out of town, so I didn’t have time to [...]

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