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Trail of Death RambleSometimes you stumble across the coolest places when you're rambling ... I've been seeing signs marking the "Trail of Death", but I didn't know what it was all ...
Franklin County Rough Roads TourSoutheastern Franklin County, Kansas boasts a good number of minimum-maintenance roads. I've ridden them all before, but never all on the same ride. It's been a...
Tour of Rural FencesA "Tour of Rural Fences" seemed like a fun theme for a bike ride -- fences are easy to overlook, but it turns out that a lot of people take great pride in their...
ShakedownIn preparation for my upcoming mini-tour (Flint Hills Bike Tour On Tap) I wanted to get in a good test ride, fully loaded, just to make sure there weren't any m...
Wiener Dog Rescue ServiceOn Labor Day, I hooked up with Bill Poindexter (carfree American) for a ride on the Flint Hills Nature Trail. We started the ride off in Osawatomie, at John Bro...
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Archive for October, 2008
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Stupid Sign
Posted on October 29, 2008 | No CommentsSome days are just too nice to pay attention to stupid signs. -
Night Ride Home
Posted on October 26, 2008 | 1 CommentDid a fun night ride last night with some local folk I’ve been wanting to ride with for ages. For a night-time ride in late October, there was actually quite a crowd — ten riders, including myself, 9Toes, commuterDude, Noah, so other fellows I’d met but never ridden with before,... -
Good Life Gravel Adventure
Posted on October 25, 2008 | No CommentsI’m more than a little late in posting this, but geez, this sounded like fun. Wish I could have gone. The Good Life Gravel Adventure was a 135-mile gravel grinder on the gravel and dirt roads surrounding Lincoln, Nebraska. It was put on by the Pirate Cycling League, a crew... -
Before The Rain Set In
Posted on October 22, 2008 | No CommentsWith rain in the forecast for the next several days, and a sunny (though cool and windy) day on tap, I took off for a short afternoon gravel ride, heading to Baldwin City and back. The route followed 183rd Street due west, following the same path I rode in September... -
Steep Hills and Old Bridges
Posted on October 21, 2008 | 6 CommentsAfter weeks of cajoling, finally got 9Toes out on that gravel grind we’ve been talking about. We’d initially planned to take to do an organized ride in the Flint Hills, but faced with the prospect of a 6am start and a two-hour drive, we instead elected to keep it close... -
Chiba GelPro Gloves
Posted on October 17, 2008 | 1 CommentPerhaps I’m just easily impressed, but I think this is rather brilliant. I bought a pair of Chiba on eBay. Haven’t ridden with them yet, so I can’t comment on their ride qualities, but they have one feature that just kicks butt. Between the first and second fingers, and between... -
311 Kickyerbutt Road
Posted on October 9, 2008 | No CommentsAfter a weekend of wind, followed by two days of rain, a sunny day with mild wind was too much to pass up, so Reed and I took a little field trip to lovely Miami County, Kansas (with a side trip across the state line to Missouri). We parked in... -
A Long Slow Grind
Posted on October 5, 2008 | 2 CommentsI was in the mood for a nice long ride today. I could have joined some friends on the Octoginta ride, but I did that ride last year. I would have enjoyed the company, but I didn’t feel like getting up early and spending $25 to ride a route I...