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If you’re one of the many cyclists who ride in and around the Stony Creek Metropark, the odds are very good that you’ve been passed by TJ Hill. TJ is 78 years old. And he’s ridden over 500,000 miles in his lifetime. Even now, and for decades, he puts in about 12,000 miles a year. [...]
There’s still a lot of good bicycle riding ahead as we move into the dog days of summer. There are great rides most every weekend and several multiday tours still on the schedule. Then fall comes with even more organized ride opportunitites. The best way to find out what rides are on tap for when [...]
Ready for a nice fast, flat and scenic ride through some delightful farm country with a visit to Frankenmuth? It’s the Cass River Habitat Ride for Home and there are 10, 15, 32, 64 mile routes to choose from. The ride raises funds for the Cass River Habitat for Humanity. Start time is 8 am, [...]
Here we go… it’s time for the Michigander, with a great circle route in Northwest Michigan July 17-23 Many of the Blazing Saddles/Bike Fitness regulars ride this every year and it truly is one of the state’s best organized tours. There’s still time to ride it if you are in shape as on site new [...]
Here’s the last long Saturday ride before the Michigander starts: The One Helluv a Ride in Chelsea, sponsored by the Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society. There’s a choice of 6 scenic paved routes: 15- or 30-mile Fun Rides 39 miles 64 miles 76 miles 100 miles Lunch and snack stops Entertainment Embroidered patch SAG support [...]
Our next Blazing Saddles Saturday ride will be July 3 in Algonac, where we’ll do a great ride that takes us across to and around Harsen’s Island. It’s the annual Algonac Pickerel Festival Ride and it seems like a perfect event for our weekly long ride. There are two routes, a 25 Mile and 40 [...]
Radar shows a band of showers hitting the area now and for the next hour or so… then it looks like there’s a pretty big clearing. The heavy stuff will be to our south. I’m heading out anyway. That’s what raincoats are for.
We ride dirt Saturday June 26. We’ll do the Polly Ann Trail from Oxford up to the end and then some back roads on a meandering course led by the intrepid Pat Benson. Plan on anywhere from 20-40 miles, whatever you want and however the weather affects us. But at least 20 – unless it [...]
First, the good news: We are riding Saturday. Second, the bad news: Rain is in forecast, as possible off-and-on-again storms. Now, the question is… where? We have two routes proposed for this weekend: 1) A road route starting in downtown Lapeer that travels mostly back paved roads and does about 40 miles when finished. 2) [...]
Saturday July 3 is the date for the annual Algonac Pickerel Festival Ride and it seems like a perfect event for our weekly long ride. There are two routes, a 25 Mile and 40 Mile. Both routes travel to scenic Harsens Island. The 40 Mile Route – what I suggest we do – follows the [...]
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