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We had a great 43 miler this Saturday, joined by two new riders – Matt and Larry. Larry rode a recumbent, the rest an assortment of road bikes and crossovers. Water was welcome today, with temps on their way to 90, humidity levels high, the wind stiff and challenging and lots of sunshine. I went [...]
Keeping our “if we ride dirt, there must be blood” rule intact, we had lots of fun on our tour of three parks (Stony Creek, Bloomer and Bear Creek) and three trails (Paint Creek, Clinton River and Macomb Orchard). Thanks to Tim “Free Fall Sausch” there was blood from two of his limbs after a [...]
I’ve been asked several times this week about the Brooks B-17 that I now have on all three of my bikes. If you’re looking for informaton on Brooks, check this helpful post from the people at Wallingford Bicycle Parts. The official Brooks site is at www.brookssaddles.com Essentially Brooks has been around since 1866. Each saddle [...]
My new Brooks saddle arrived today and will go on my Gary Fisher Superfly mountain bike. I have the B-17 on my Trek Madone 5.5 and my Bianchi Axis and after riding the Michigander bicycle tour last week with perfect comfort I want the same on the ‘Fly. The down side was I’ll have to [...]
We’ve all seen truck campers, right? How about a bike camper? On the Michigander last week, I ran into Willie Hatfield, a 23-year-old University of Michigan grad who quit his day job as an engineer to travel the country by bicycle. Except he has a very unusual bike. It’s a bike camper, made out of [...]
A week ago, we were pedaling 62 miles to Bay City on the Michigander. This morning, after a weekend off, I was back on the bike missing my fellow riders but delighted to again be riding on such a nice day. I perked up, though, when I ran into Annie on Paint Creek Trail. She [...]
From the Michigander, Saturday July 11,09-Wayne Watson on the Fred Meijer Heartland Trail between Edmore and Greenville, Photo by Tina Laurie
As friends send me their Michigander 2009 pics, I’ll post them here. Click any photo to see it larger. Check this over the next few days as we add more. Here’s some taken by Tina Laurie:
Next Saturday, July 25, the BikeFitness.net ride will be in Oxford, along the Polly Ann Trail as the annual Pearl of a Ride event takes place with rides of 15, 30 or 48 miles. You can get the details in this post from the Community Forums. The trail is mostly unpaved so you’ll need a [...]
What a finish. Picture perfect weather began our final stage of the Michigander today, no wind, blue skies and temps in the very-comfortable-for-riding mid-sixties as we left Rockford for the 51 mile trek to the finish in Edmore, we encountered the first of what would be nearly 20 miles of rolling hills. After pretty much [...]
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